Heisei Era II

I've recently been confronted with questions about the meaning behind my work, which leaves me sputtering and grasping. I think what I'm exploring in this series is the sad and beautiful contrast that occurs when cultural artifacts creep out past the oppressive structures of modernity.

It's like grass growing in the sidewalk cracks. There's a zen saying about how the reeds make the moon look more round. Sometimes we need the contrast to get us to really see things.

I went out and bought a new ballpoint pen for this piece. It was frustrating because the pen would stop working after almost every stroke and I would have to get it started again on another piece of paper.

Sorry about the poor photo quality.