King of Beasts 百獣の王
Data
Serial #: 0099
Title: King of Beasts 百獣の王
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Type: Stone Art
Date: 2006 January
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Price:
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Cat of Egypt
Data
Serial #:
0097
Title: Cat of Egypt
Size:
Type: Stone Art
Date: 2006 January
Status:
Price:
March 29, 2006
First Walk 初めてのお散歩
I remember my well-meant friend who was always thinking ways to sell my stone beings cheap and quick. Once she came up with smart captions, it went like this:
"No feeding, No mess and No walk in a park. Free yourself from all the obligations! Only thing you need is to pet her, hold her or cuddle her when you need love. Adopt a stone pet today and get all the comfort from the little piece of Mother Earth!
Well, obviously when she said "no obligations" she was mistaken. Because some of the stone beings would actually send you the messages of their needs so intensely to the point it is no less difficult to ignore them than begging howls of dogs wanting to go for a walk, or a blaming stare by your cat when you bought her the cheap brand of cat food instead of fresh piece of tuna.
Today, "the messenger from the Ancient Canadian forest," the white spotted owl woke me up seven in a morning wishing to go for a walk in a wood. (Gee, I thought she was
nocturnal.) I managed to ignore her till 3 o'clock since my plan of the day was to work on a portrait of the lady who holds up a cute Maltese. Around 4 o'clock, I was unable to paint any longer since White Fakes' (the stone owl's name) request was echoing in my head like some echoes yelled across the huge open valley, except this echo, unlike the normal echoes would never stop! "Let's go for a walk, go for a walk, a walk, a walk, a walk…..!"
So I put my paint brush down, picked up my little stone friend, and here we went for a walk in a wood.
It was her very first time being out-door. And she seemed to be happy with some ordinary trees much younger and skinnier than those of ancient rain forest where real spotted owls lives.
She may never
see the real rainforest since she will soon leave Canada to be
with a lady in Japan who look forward to receiving her as her
birthday gift.
Perhaps knowing her departure pressing close by, it was White
Frakes' wish to be close to her real home, the Ancient Canadian
Rain Forest where trees are the oldest and the wisest of all
trees, air the purest and the sweetest of all lands, and her
disappearing fellow owls living shyly, hidden among them.
Data
Serial #: 0090
Title: The Messenger from the Canadian Rain Forest
Size:
Type: Stone Art
Date: 2006 March
Status: Sold
Love,
Yoriko
March 28, 2006
Multiple Stone Beings in One
The phenomenon of multiple stone beings residing in one stone is quite rare but it is much common than one may think. Perhaps it is the stone beings protection mechanism to prevent themselves from being separated. Being attached together dramatically reduce their chance of one of them suddenly being carried away unvoluntarily.
Thus, commonly speaking these so-called
stuck-together beings are of some family relations
like mother/father and a child, friends, siblings or
lovers.
In this case,
they are best friends. So close in their
spiritual relationship that they can be called soul-mate.
Of course soul-mate referrs to many different
levels of relationships, but all share profound spiritual
connections of one sorts or another.
Data
Serial #:
0095
Title: Sharon & Ranny
Size:
Type: Stone Art
Date: 2006 March
Status: On Sale
Price:
March 27, 2006
石ころアートへの詩 Part 2
石の中に必ずいるはずの、あなたに会いたい、あなたを見たい。
繰り返し願い続け、石をひねくりまわす私の祈りが執念にも近くなった時、
その瞬間は、ぽっとやってくる。
石の中の精たちは、その平べったいすべすべ(いや、丸っこくごつごつしていることもあるが）した、 表面に姿を現すことを承諾する。
後はただ、彼らの姿のとおりに、導かれるがままになぞるだけ。
彼らはピカピカ光る目で私を見つめる。
誰も見ていないとき、毛並みはチラチラ揺れ、目玉はキョロキョロ。
でも彼らは石を離れない。
重く、ずっしりとしたエネルギーが彼らの生の根源で、existanceそのものだから。
静と安を選んだ瞬間に垣間見ることのできる
石の精の世界は、いたわりといつくしみに満ちている。
Good Bye and Hello
The very day of separation came like a brisk spring wind, not
dramatic, but quick and uninvited. One of the
stone bunnies was sold. Although I so wished they could be
bought together, Justin decided to just buy the girl
rabbit....
So strange.
The boy rabbit who looked so innocent and a bit sleepy, suddenly
wears the most sorrowful expression, almost impossible for me to
look at. Perhaps nothing can be done to peel off the
emotion of fresh aching of the heart.
Nothing stays the
same, anyways, I whisper to the other in my palm.
Change is inevitable. Isn't
it?
Still despite my headache, I spent good part of my day creating
more rabbits so that the new comers can comfort the one left
behind. They are not finished, but I finished the faces so
that they could at least chat or something.
Has it helped or not? Who really
knows?! At least I feel better since
I created another rabbit for him to befriend with. For the
girl rabbit that was adopted today, I have no idea. Will
the Tiffany take a good care of her? Like giving her enough
pet on the back and holding her once in a while? I just
hope so....
Data
Serial #: 0092
Title: Boy Rabbit
Size:
Type: Stone Art
Date: 2006 March
Status:
Price:
Data
Serial #: 0094
Title: Bunnies (New Friends)
Size:
Type: Stone Art
Date: 2006 March
Status:
Price:
March 23, 2006
Bunnies (Lovers)
Data
Serial #: 0092,
0093
Title: Bunnies (Lovers)
Size:
Type: Stone Art
Date: 2006 March
Status: Sold
Price:
My friend Justin got a girlfriend who looks
like a rabbit, light, white and soft-spoken, but bright and
quick like an arrow when needed. When he saw my stone
arts collection, the first remark he made was "can you make me
a bunny? I want to give it to Tiffany!" My usual
response was "sure, if I meet the rabbit stone, I will make one
for you."
"???" Justin was puzzled.
"A rabbit stone??"
"Yah! A rabbit stone. Got any
place in mind where I can find one?"
"Well, in my backyard, there are tons of
stones. Should we try there first?"
So in less than five minutes, I was on hands
and knees in Justin's backyard looking for a
perfect rabbit stone for Tiffany. And I found not only
one, but two. They are not friends, but lovers. I
hope that Justin will not separate them due to his warret
situation, but if they do get separated, at least I hope that
Tiffany will take a good care of her stone rabbit, found in
Justin's backyard, created just for her with Justin's affection
enclosed inside.
Love,
Yoriko
March 22, 2006
Dogs in Canada 石の願い、犬たちの幸せ
Data
Serial #: 0091
Title: A Dog in Vancouver
Size:
Type: Stone Art
Date: 2006 March
Status: On Sale
Price: 50,000 JPY or up
Dogs in Vancouver are generally happy.
Their faces are smiling, eyes shining with sparks. I meet
them in parks, on beaches and outside of cafes, waiting
anxiously for their human friends and family to return. I
love dogs very much. They are the animals I interact with
the most. (I don't encounter endangered spotted owls or
grizzly bears everyday just because I live in Canada, you
know?!)
When I see happy dogs in Canada, I remember
the others who are not so fortunate. Once I saw a stray
dog in Tainan hit by humans only because he try to get some
food from the garbage can. He was hit so hard that blood
was gushing from his forehead. Also forever leaving the
sadness in my heart is the three legged stray dog near my old
house in Tainan, his face permanently distorted with worries
and fear. And what about those big dogs no one wants
in SPCA, and abused ones too afraid to stop
barking...?
I hope that the stone dogs I create
will make each of us smile and cherish each life of
dog around us. When this stone dog find his
rightful human friend, I will donate half of the money
to BC's SPCA for those dogs, cats and bunnies in
need. http://www.spca.bc.ca/default.asp He is up for adoption with 50,000 yen or
up.
I hope that little voice I hear through
the stones reach far and beyond to make our world a warmer
place!
Love,
Yoriko
March 20, 2006
The Messenger from the Canadian Rain Forest
Data
Serial #: 0090
Title: The Messenger from the Canadian Rain Forest
Size:
Type: Stone Art
Date: 2006 March
Status: Sold
When every one's affection and worries towards the endangered
species in Canadian rain forest reached my consciousness, it
manifested itself through my creativity as this white spotted owl
stone being, so small and precious, waiting to serve as the
spiritual bridge between the forest and us. (white
spotted owl is one of the endangered species in Canadian rain
forest, presently only 4 pairs left...)
Please visit http://www.wildernesscommittee
I am looking forward to hearing from you. Let us do
something special for our world today!
Love,
Yoriko