" 自然がもたらす精神的な共鳴 "
私は、「自然がもたらす精神的な共鳴」をテーマに制作を続けています。デビュー以来、「水」をモチーフに、移ろいゆく自然の息吹と、そこに宿る悠久の美を捉えてきました。
湿潤な気候と四方を海に囲まれた土地に暮らす日本人は、古来より水を神聖視してきました。神道において水は清浄の象徴とされ、川や滝、湖などの水辺は神々の宿る場所として崇められてきました。さらに、仏教や禅の思想の影響を受けるなかで、絶えず変化し続ける水の流動性は、浄化や精神の静謐を象徴するとともに、「侘び・寂び」や「幽玄」といった日本独自の美意識と深く結びついています。移ろう水の姿は、日本の美意識の根幹にある無常観を映し出し、儚さのなかに調和の美を見出す感性を育んできたのです。
私は、この繊細な自然観と幽玄な美意識が、単なる視覚的な美を超え、日本人の精神性と響き合うものを育んできたと考えています。日本の美意識は、移ろいのなかにこそ永遠を見出し、儚さのうちに静かな調和を感じ取る感性によって支えられています。風に揺れる草木、川面をたゆたう光、雪が降り積もる静寂、秋の虫の音、それらはすべて、時の流れのなかで形を変えながらも、変わらぬ本質を宿すものです。水もまた、絶え間なく動きながら、その瞬間ごとに異なる表情を見せつつ、悠久のリズムを奏でています。
私の作品は、海や滝、渓流、雪といった水をモチーフに、移ろう時間のなかに息づく美の本質を探求し、時代や文化を超えて共有される普遍的な美を紡ぐ試みです。水の静寂や揺らぎがもたらす穏やかなリズムは、単なる自然の情景を超え、私たちの内なる記憶や感情を静かに呼び覚ますものではないでしょうか。そこには、光と影が交錯する一瞬の輝きが広がり、流れゆく時のなかで変わらぬ本質が確かに宿っています。私は、その微細な美の断片をとらえ、視覚を通して心に響くものへと昇華させることを目指しています。
水は、絶えず姿を変えながらも、その変容のなかに普遍の美を湛えています。湧き出た水がやがて大河となり、海へと注がれ、再び天に還るように、私たちの心もまた、自然の営みと共鳴し、絶えず変容し続けます。刻一刻と表情を変える水の姿には、私たちが無意識のうちに感じる時間の流れが映し出され、そこには、永遠に続く生命の循環と、儚くも確かな調和が宿っています。
私の作品をご覧くださる皆さまが、自然のリズムに耳を澄ませ、心の奥深くで静かに広がる穏やかな感覚に身を委ねることができたなら、これほど嬉しいことはありません。水が奏でるかすかな音に耳を傾けるように、私の作品から自然がもたらす精神的な共鳴を感じていただければ幸いです。
藪崎次郎 | Jiro Yabuzaki
" THE SPIRITUAL RESONANCE BROUGHT ABOUT BY NATURE. "
I have been working on the theme of “Spiritual resonance brought about by nature.” Since my debut, I have used “water” as a motif to capture the ever-changing breath of nature and the eternal beauty that resides in it.
The Japanese people, who live in a humid climate and are surrounded by the sea on all sides, have considered water sacred since ancient times. In Shinto, water is a symbol of purity, and rivers, waterfalls, lakes, and other bodies of water have been revered as places where the gods dwell. Furthermore, under the influence of Buddhist and Zen thought, the ever-changing fluidity of water symbolizes purification and spiritual tranquility, and is deeply associated with the uniquely Japanese aesthetic senses of “Wabi-Sabi” and “Yugen”. The shifting appearance of water reflects the sense of impermanence that lies at the heart of the Japanese aesthetic, and has nurtured a sensitivity to finding the beauty of harmony in the transience of nature.
I believe that this delicate view of nature and ethereal aesthetics has nurtured something that goes beyond mere visual beauty and resonates with the spirituality of the Japanese people. The Japanese sense of beauty is supported by a sensitivity that finds eternity in transition and quiet harmony in transience. Trees and grass swaying in the wind, the light flickering on the surface of a river, the silence of falling snow, and the sound of insects in autumn all have an essence that remains unchanged even as they change form with the passage of time. Water, too, is in perpetual motion, showing a different expression at each moment, playing an eternal rhythm.
My work is an attempt to weave a universal beauty that transcends time and culture, using water motifs such as the ocean, waterfalls, mountain streams, and snow to explore the essence of beauty that lives in the midst of shifting time. The gentle rhythm of the stillness and shimmering of water is more than just a natural scene; it quietly awakens our inner memories and emotions. The momentary brilliance of the interplay of light and shadow spreads out, and the essence that has remained unchanged over the course of time is surely present. My aim is to capture these minute fragments of beauty and sublimate them into something that resonates with the viewer's heart.
Water is constantly changing its form, but in its transformation, it contains universal beauty. Just as water that gushes forth eventually becomes a great river, pours into the sea, and returns to the heavens, our hearts, too, resonate with the workings of nature and are continually transformed. The ever-changing appearance of water reflects the flow of time that we subconsciously sense, and is imbued with the everlasting cycle of life and its ephemeral yet sure harmony.
I would be more than happy if you, the viewers of my works, could listen to the rhythms of nature and surrender to the sense of calm that quietly spreads deep within you. I hope you will feel the spiritual resonance of nature in my work as you listen to the faint sound of water.
Jiro Yabuzaki