{"id":10368,"date":"2023-11-15T16:20:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T07:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kota-yoshida.com\/?p=10368"},"modified":"2026-01-12T23:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T14:18:08","slug":"icycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kota-yoshida.com\/en\/icycle\/","title":{"rendered":"iCycle | Sculpture Artworks | Kota | Oneness Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"
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iCycle<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Title: iCylce<\/p>\n

Materials: Love, energy, acrylic, carved wooden bear<\/p>\n

Dimensions (H x W x D): 17.5cm x 27cm x 17cm<\/p>\n

Creation: 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Poet: iCylce<\/h3>\n
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Itadakimasu,<\/p>\n

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fragments of the cosmos.<\/p>\n

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Itadakimasu,<\/p>\n

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countless lives in circulation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Explanation: iCylce<\/h3>\n
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This work revolves around the theme of \"cycles.\"<\/p>\n

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One aspect of this is eating.<\/p>\n

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Eating is the act of taking another life<\/p>\n

to sustain one's own.<\/p>\n

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Of course,<\/p>\n

those who are consumed<\/p>\n

also once sustained themselves<\/p>\n

by consuming other lives.<\/p>\n

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Eating is<\/p>\n

allowing the cycle of life<\/p>\n

to continue within oneself,<\/p>\n

becoming a part of that flow.<\/p>\n

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We consume layers upon layers<\/p>\n

of countless lives,<\/p>\n

accumulated over astronomical spans of time.<\/p>\n

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Ultimately,<\/p>\n

what we eat<\/p>\n

is no less than fragments of the universe.<\/p>\n

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And,<\/p>\n

as we consume these fragments,<\/p>\n

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we too,<\/p>\n

are fragments of the universe<\/p>\n

ourselves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Explanation: iCylce 2<\/h3>\n
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Another story lies within the theme of \"cycles.\"<\/p>\n

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This piece is based on<\/p>\n

an Ainu craftwork<\/p>\n

that was inherited from a relative's home<\/p>\n

after their passing.<\/p>\n

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(The inscription reads: \"1971. 8. 2. Akan Lake\")<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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After inheriting it from my relative's home,<\/p>\n

I left it exposed to the elements for several years.<\/p>\n

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Under the sun and rain,<\/p>\n

through the heat of summer and the cold of winter,<\/p>\n

its colors faded,<\/p>\n

and numerous cracks formed.<\/p>\n

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Surely, if left for a few more years,<\/p>\n

it would break apart completely<\/p>\n

and return to nature.<\/p>\n

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The collapse of the individual.<\/p>\n

The integration into the whole.<\/p>\n

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In that process,<\/p>\n

I found a cosmic sense of beauty.<\/p>\n

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I elevated it,<\/p>\n

transforming it into a work of art.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Until the day it merges back into the whole,<\/p>\n

for a little while longer,<\/p>\n

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it will continue to circle through this world<\/p>\n

as a renewed individual.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Itadakimasu, fragments of the cosmos.
\nItadakimasu, countless lives in circulation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/kota-yoshida.com\/?p=9193","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-10368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-story","tag-artwork-insight","en-US"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t