When I heard the voice of Ikue Asasaki, a great singer from Kakaroma Island, Amami, my whole body trembled.

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My body, which had been stiffened by the unnaturalness of living in a modern society, was shaken and shattered, and I felt something like an ancient breath of air. Along with very important and deep, deep feelings.

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Whenever I hear tremendous music, I always feel like I'm about to see something. I immediately made up my mind. To go to the island where she was born and raised and create my work there. To sing my own songs.

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This series of works is also a tribute to Tanaka Isson, a beloved painter who died in Amami.