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Her Rhapsody
12 x 17 in sheepskin lith print
2007

This was an homage to an old Japanese surrealist, Kokoro Dash. She made woodcut prints and various other types of prints of her hometown made with materials on her fathers estate. When she was happy, her prints were colorful with blossoms, blue waters, and green gardens. When she was sad her prints were covered in blood and stained with tears. She took her life in that estate, and in the Japanese tradition she was a moon without a star. She was beautiful, everyone knew it and her passing was an event that transcends social interaction. Her death was celebrated as she wanted to find her star, and who is anyone to tell her where to find it? A beautiful story that I will tell my daughter one day when she is afraid.

I get so easily enamored with cultures I will never really understand, and in Japan I fell instantly in love. I will probably end the majority of my life there with my wife, and just knowing that I will be where I am most happy, reminds me of Kokoro. When she was happy the world knew it, without ever seeing her face or hearing her voice, her creation was emotion.

I am being such an emo toot lately! Idno, I have really found some much needed motivation to return to what I do best, and that's to create.

I am sorry again since this is not the final print, it's sometimes difficult scanning or making digital copies of prints made on very textured materials, and every time I scanned this the only thing that really showed was the leather pattern, so this is the lith print before application on a sheepskin prepped base.

Description

Her Rhapsody
12 x 17 in sheepskin lith print
2007

This was an homage to an old Japanese surrealist, Kokoro Dash. She made woodcut prints and various other types of prints of her hometown made with materials on her fathers estate. When she was happy, her prints were colorful with blossoms, blue waters, and green gardens. When she was sad her prints were covered in blood and stained with tears. She took her life in that estate, and in the Japanese tradition she was a moon without a star. She was beautiful, everyone knew it and her passing was an event that transcends social interaction. Her death was celebrated as she wanted to find her star, and who is anyone to tell her where to find it? A beautiful story that I will tell my daughter one day when she is afraid.

I get so easily enamored with cultures I will never really understand, and in Japan I fell instantly in love. I will probably end the majority of my life there with my wife, and just knowing that I will be where I am most happy, reminds me of Kokoro. When she was happy the world knew it, without ever seeing her face or hearing her voice, her creation was emotion.

I am being such an emo toot lately! Idno, I have really found some much needed motivation to return to what I do best, and that's to create.

I am sorry again since this is not the final print, it's sometimes difficult scanning or making digital copies of prints made on very textured materials, and every time I scanned this the only thing that really showed was the leather pattern, so this is the lith print before application on a sheepskin prepped base.