To arrange or tidy up
Ono-san's blog also talks about "tidying up"
This is a recent theme and something I keep in mind every day.
Is there a way to get myself in order?
If I were to compare my capacity to a one-sho bottle and a one-gomasu, I would undoubtedly choose the latter.
It quickly fills up and overflows, becoming too much to handle.
Adjustments are required before that.
I only realised this after I had grown up to an adult age.
If you start receiving a lot of information without fully understanding the rapidly changing situation, your capacity will quickly fill up.
For example, if you change where you are, it is only natural that other parts of you will also change at the same time.
It's difficult to keep the things I've acquired before, and I don't have the capacity to hold all the new things I've acquired at the same time as my old ones.
It's quite difficult to accept that at first.
I often hear people say that even when they find something that really catches their eye, their room is messy and they have to clean it up first.
While I completely sympathize with that feeling, right now I want to make the space to welcome and cherish such moments.
Or even after choosing it, I would like to adjust it to match.
Perhaps the fear of changing shape has subsided.
Unfortunately, even if you try to imitate others, you will only end up being yourself, so it feels better to try things diligently and steadily and find it for yourself.
It's the polar opposite of instantly finding answers on the internet.
It reminds me of the excitement I felt when, as an elementary school student, I would find a book I wanted to read in the library among the many books on offer, and become completely absorbed in it.
It's been such a fun job so far.
Utsushiki will be holding a Nagase Jiro exhibition starting this weekend on July 24th.
These works exude a bold appearance, perhaps due to their pared-down shapes and the nature of the materials they are made from.
Right now I am incredibly drawn to this kind of clean-cut existence.
An attitude of pushing through to the end without letting up, from the preliminary preparations to the smallest details.
I want to fully experience his world, so I'm going to prepare myself and leave as many gaps as possible.
Saori Konishi
