祠 -Hokora-

とあるフリッカーで、滝の前で撮られたごく普通の記念写真に石祠（せきし）が写りこんでいるのを見て、失礼かもしれないが、古くから伝わるその宗教的なアイデアが、自分が何かを作ったり考えたりする時に使える恰好の材料だと思った。ソレを見れば主観的から他観的になれ、誰が見てもどういう意味を持つ物か一目瞭然で分かる、言葉を変えれば皆の小さな共有体みたいな物、しかもひょんな場所（これがポイント）に静かに佇む、そんな存在を生み出してみたい。形はどうであれ、とりあえずテストしてみるかな。

I was just enjoying these random photos people took on Flickr and I came across with this one. It's kind of hard to notice but if you see it closer, there is a little stone shrine by the water fall. It's called "Hokora" in Japanese, built for worshipping gods in nature. Besides the religious meaning of it, I like it's small size and how it's placed in an unusual spot. I grew up in Japan so I am familiar with the way people worship, but even if I was from a different country and had a different religious back ground, I could probably sense that it's something spiritual.

It might sounds impolite but that idea itself is something I want to incorporate into my art work. If I can create something that communicates to people understand from a glance, something that works almost like an universal translation. . . . . I'm sure I will be satisfied deeply.

The point is just to try it out without thinking. I could be lazy anytime so this idea could easily fade away.