Burial at Sea / 水葬 by Masaki Hirokawa / 廣川政樹
Title of work: Burial at Sea / 水葬
Year of creation: Sep 2020
Dimensions: 60 x 97 cm (Height x Width)
Medium: Digital Media
Technique: Photo collage

Death is not only an act of creation but also a reunion with God and the enigma of a fleeting moment. When the soul, with its memories, returns to the primal wellspring of life, it merges with the numerous memories of diverse beings, reborn as a single droplet. In that moment, the former self ceases to exist, transforming into a fragment of another's soul, nameless and unknown. Thousands, millions, perhaps billions of years later, when all cycles of reincarnation conclude, we shall all be equally embraced by a grand illumination. In this realm, loneliness and suffering do not exist. I steadfastly believe that by persistently moving forward, even through adversity, we will eventually arrive at the eternal nirvana.

死は創造であり、神との再会であり、瞬く間の神秘です。魂が記憶と共に命の原泉へ還った時、様々な存在の数多の記憶と混ざり合い、再び一滴の雫として生を受けるのです。その時、かつての人格は既になく、名も知らぬ誰かの魂の欠片となるでしょう。何千年、何万年、何億年後か、全ての輪廻転生を終えたら、皆等しく大いなる光の元へ迎えられます。そこにはきっと孤独もなければ苦悩もありません。困難な時もただ黙々と前だけを見据え歩みを進めていれば、いつか悠遠の涅槃に至ることができると、私はまだ信じています。

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