from spring to summer、This delicate time of the rainy season、How are you all doing? activities are restricted、Not feeling well, etc.、Many people say that rain is depressing.、I don't hate rain。somehow calm down、Is it because I feel like I can spend the day at my own pace?。
For some reason, on rainy days I end up doing things like organizing photos.。The other day, I was organizing the photos on my computer.、A plethora of photos and production data of works such as ``The Flying Man'' have emerged.。
Should we call it the ``Otoko Series''? ``Flying Man'', ``Floating Man'', ``Shelter Man'', etc.、I have drawn many works titled "○○ Man"。In the process, series such as ``Boy and Dog'', ``Strait'', ``Icarus'', and ``Venus of ___'' were also created.。
"Apple" which is currently in progress is also about to become a series.、Actually, this was made into a series once at the very beginning.、It has continued for nearly 50 years after being discontinued.。Psychologically, I feel like I'm always connected to the "Otoko Series".、how is it connected、I can't organize it properly myself.。This is your last chance for a few years from now.、I need to put these together in some form while I'm still healthy.、I realized once again that I don't have time anymore.。
Let me explain a little bit about the title "Icarus".。to greek mythology、Daedalus, the carpenter of the sky, to his son Icarus、There is a story that he was given wings on his back that allowed him to fly freely in the sky.。My father warned me, ``Never go near the sun.''、The young and active Icarus has horse-eared east winds.。In the end, the wax on Icarus's wings melted as he got too close to the sun and fell off.、Icarus falls into the sea and the story ends.、My idea started from there.。
Is Icarus dead? I was born into a family of carpenters just like you.、Pulling Icarus out of the sea in the 21st century、I recreated the wings in my imagination (come to think of it, I also drew a piece called “Our Wings (No. 200)”)、If he could fly again, what kind of landscape would he see in his mind?、I thought I'd try to make a picture of it。That is "The Flying Man"。
The ``Flying Man,'' or modern Icarus, was created for the first time in about 3,000 years through several works in the ``New Life'' series (``New Life No. 9'' was a large work measuring 2.1 x 5.4 meters).、shed skin、reincarnation、19He has already flown over the century-old city (“Flying Man” (No. 200)) Solo exhibition in Omiya City、(Presented at the Chenshunkai Exhibition, etc.)。The next time I was drawing Icarus flying over a 20th century city.、The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred、I couldn't continue drawing。
A picture about the size of issue 1000、A great flood in the sky poured into the cities below.、I had just drawn over 300 people drowning in it.。There is a difference between a flood and a tsunami.、A picture exactly like the Great East Japan Earthquake.、Even if I finish this picture、I feel like people will just think that I drew this after watching footage of the earthquake.、Is it okay to draw pictures during this period?、It was also because we had the same idea that、This was also because I physically lost the time and space to create.。描きかけの絵は丸めてほぞんしてあるかどうかも今は定かではありませんが、制作中の写真が数枚パソコンの中にはあるはずです。
パソコンでの写真整理をしながら、その未完成の絵を軸に再制作し、すべてのシリーズを一枚の絵にまとめることができたら、、わたし自身の最後の作品としてふさわしいだろうと考えていました。わたし自身がイカロスになって、再びもとの海に墜落して終わり。いいストーリーかもしれないと思っています（笑）。
※不勉強で、最近まで安部公房「飛ぶ男」があることを知りませんでした（未だに未読）。Oh dear、どこにでもありそうな題名だなと、最初から思ってはいましたが。
※この絵、今朝（06/23）のタイタニック号鑑賞ツアーでの潜水艇タイタンの残骸が発見されたというニュースと、かたちのせいか、どこか重なって見える気がします。
