That's how it's done.

Shiro Shimizu's exhibition began on July 23rd for the first time in two years.

Was it a failure or a discovery? A coincidence or fate? The works that were created amidst such conflicts are lined up inside Utsushiki.

This exhibition encourages visitors to set aside their current values and confront the things in front of them honestly.

In addition, some of the open-air burning works will be open to bidding. This is something that only Shiro, who loves experimenting, could do.

It will be available to view online from Thursday, so please look forward to it.

And two weeks ago, the first Oda Photo Studio event was held in the coffee shop, creating a lively atmosphere.

The event will be held on the 13th and 20th of August , so if you have the chance, please take advantage of this opportunity.

I'm taking maternity photos to commemorate my last pregnancy. I want to look back on these moments later and enjoy them.

It's funny because my growing belly at 29 weeks pregnant is causing controversy among my children.

My 6- year-old daughter doesn't seem to question why she exists, but she does seem very curious about why the baby is in her mother's womb.

My 4- year-old son seems to be more interested in my "big belly" than the fact that there is a baby in my belly. And he says he wants to give birth too.

Although our 1 year and 10 month old daughter calls us "babies," I'm not sure if her understanding of what a baby is is consistent with our own ideas of what a baby is.

My 10- year-old son is realistic and curious about when I'll be hospitalized and why I'm having five children.

My daughter cares more than anyone else about this life she has yet to meet, and on days when thunder roars she tells me, "Mom, protect the baby ! "

She rubbed her belly and said, "Sweet, sweet baby. Why is it here ? " while giving it a kiss.

I'm amazed that she has such a maternal instinct from such a young age.

What is it about a baby that makes us want to love it?

Chibi Maruko-chan's creator, Momoko Sakura, wrote an essay based on her own experience of pregnancy.

"What if a person was born as an old man?

As he grows older, he grows younger, and by the time he dies of old age, he has become a smart, adorable baby.

And then we leave this world.

If that happens, the family will suffer greatly.

In such a world, birth rates would fall and the human race would perish.”

What would the opposite world be like?

I remembered the story of the movie Benjamin Button, where Brad Pitt gets dementia and dies wrapped in his loved ones in the form of a baby. If that were a normal world , I would like it to be in the current order.

Humans are also part of this cycle of the universe. I am reminded once again how wonderfully the laws of nature that exist today are.

Perhaps it's because you experience physical changes that you can't control.

When you're pregnant, your body feels like it's being controlled by someone.

We must not destroy this world that is made up of such exquisite layers.

Don't put people too high

We have been asked to live in our own place.

It is also the title of Momoko Sakura's essay.

It seems we are being taught that this is just the way it is.

The big belly will soon go back to normal.

However, we must never forget to continue to be grateful for the way the world is.

When I look at the photos, I want to relive that experience in detail.

Ono Kaori