Since childhood, I have lived with a deep sense of anger and dissatisfaction toward society.

Yet those feelings were so deeply woven into me that I never questioned them. They had dissolved into who I was. Because of that, I never thought to express them outwardly, and for many years I lived an ordinary life as a company employee.

In my mid-thirties, however, I began to question why, even after acquiring many of the things I had long sought, the feeling of something missing never disappeared. Determined to resolve that emptiness once and for all, I went through years of struggle, confusion, and relentless searching. It was only after entering my forties that I realized there was only one way forward: to express myself through art.

At first, my work explored social issues from a variety of perspectives.

At the same time, however, I found myself facing a deeply personal struggle. I felt an overwhelming resistance to expressing myself through art, and every act of creating or sharing my work became a source of anguish.

As I continued creating, I repeatedly questioned both of these issues, probing them as deeply as I could.

Then, about five years later, I came to realize that these two seemingly different struggles shared the same origin: something that exists within every human being.

Yet that origin is far too simple to communicate through words alone. Precisely because of its simplicity, language cannot carry it deeply enough. That realization reaffirmed my belief that it can only be expressed through art.

At the same time, I finally understood why I had carried anger and dissatisfaction toward society since childhood, and why it had taken me such a long, painful journey to express myself through art—and why that struggle continues even now.

The answer was simple.

It is because I love human beings.

Looking back, I realized that every work I have ever created has been, in its own way, a love letter to humanity.

And so I believe I will continue creating, always asking myself how this unwavering feeling can be expressed—and how it might truly reach the people for whom it is intended.

June 29, 2026

mienaimonotachi

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