7. ART / LINKS
CHASING WRITING IN ART

Over the years, I have gone through hundreds of drafts of Wind
Hill
. But I took breaks, between drafts, by looking at artwork on
the Internet. Of course, I would have preferred to view the art in
person, but because I lived in a remote area, the story tied me to
my room. On this page, I'd like to recreate those days when I
looked at art through my screen.

I looked for artwork until I found a piece that I wanted to
contemplate for long moments. Then I would revisit the piece
many times for days. It was a bit like meditating on another world.

As "art" in general is so vast, for this project, I've decided to
focus on artwork that relates to "words," "writing,"or
"manuscripts." And I'm using the term "writing" in the broadest
sense, to include the process of creating, building, and writing a
story.

I've always wished to view art in a particular way on the
screen—I've wanted to see an individual piece by itself on a
page, in its own venue. To do this, I asked the artists or the
organizations to kindly grant me permission to reproduce the
photographs of their works.

I looked for art that might be inspiring to writers—Chasing
Writing in Art
. I hope the artwork presented here will
be inspirational to other writers as they have been to me.

I need to mention that the artists, curators, and collaborators I
introduce here do not have any relation to my novel or the
memoir.

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ARTWORK BY CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
Emna Zghal
The Rushing and Folding of Words
Edward Ruscha
If
Eungyung Kim
Ladder: Voices, Scent and Wind II
Kate Whiteford
Signature
Jonathan Borofsky
Four Gods Project
Marianne Grønnow
Life in The Valley Was - Why Not Say It? - Beautiful
Kazu Yanagi
Doctrine of Origin
Robert Kushner
Scriptorium: Devout Exercises of the Heart
Paola Fonticoli
11-6
Tomas Nakada
Particles
Yasu Suzuka
What Do You See?
Alice Aycock
The House of the Stoics
Tricia Tierney
Return from Journey
Shoji Kato
A Moment XI & XII (Pendulum and Locus)
Tim Carroll
Untitled
Masaaki Kawachi
Ten Tsuki Chi (The Sky, the Moon and the Earth) Series
Barbara Takenaga
Messenger (Riley)
Sol LeWitt
All Combinations of Red, Yellow & Blue with Scribble
Yasushi Watanabe
Untitled
The following sections are in preparation.
Each section will be posted upon completion.
Thank you for your patience, and please come back again.

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