KEIKO KOMA net

17 Nov. 2010

At my atelier

I always enjoyed coming to work in my private atelier that I had decided to rent as I had a dream about it in detail in my night dream; its location, dimension and even monthly rent. It was an abrupt decision I had made as I had never thought about having one for me. I became filled with hope for a wonderful future. It also coincided with a light-scape that I had had when I was ten years old. Though I still had difficulty in fully understanding this coincidence, my life became vigorous as I was sure of paving a way for my future. There was something that reminded me of an aroma I had sensed in May of the year 1998 when I had visited Mt. Gojo for the first time. I was surrounded by beautiful arrows of light through deep green trees. The vigor of king Tomei who had established the Koguryo dynasty there was revived and I anticipated that something extraordinary would happen as he had built a new nation in ancient times. Today I gave my video lecture program for the first time at the atelier and I decorated a room to look like a lovely studio. I enjoyed talking about our wonderful future. I enjoyed giving my lecture at various places, such as at our head office at Roppongi, the skyrocket center, Koma gallery Café at Yasaka, Kyoto and in a room decorated with my mind-scape drawings in what I called king Kotai’s blue at my apartment in Kyoto. Its subject varied according to circumstances, and stories about what happened in my life in the past were vividly reviving as nourishments to open up my future. I also enjoyed decorating rooms so that the surrounding aroma and light-scape would coincide with my stories. Today I selected two photo panels with my poem and a photo taken by Mr. Idaki Shin, one was at Jian, the second capital of Koguryo where we had visited in the year 2006 when it was minus 20 degrees below zero and the other one was at Mt. Gojo in autumn of the year 2006 which we visited after eight years of absence. These days I felt like installing these photo frames combining a photo with my calligraphy and realizing a poetic and literal atmosphere. The photo of Jian, the everlasting homeland of my heart, manifested the image of my true self as I was standing in front of the tomb of king Kotai. I became excited just thinking about how these panels would renew my spaces and provide me with an opportunity to realize new things and/or revive the hidden truth of history. I was grateful as I was living an authentic life manifesting my true self. Everything was opening up a marvelous future and I was filled with great joy to live a truly creative life surrounded with the aroma of my new spaces.