now the world's most popular computer、Logo of Apple, an American mobile manufacturer、“A missing bite of an apple”? long before it became widespread、About 40 years ago、I drew a picture of a “missing apple”、I continue to draw occasionally but。At that time、The current company name Apple was called Macintosh.。Became an Apple company、When I first saw that logo、I felt that there were people who found similar things interesting.。It was more like sympathy、later、In case I might be accused of plagiarizing the logo,、I thought I'd leave behind proof that I was first.。
Such situations etc.、No one is supposed to know except me and a few people.、People who see this picture for the first time may think, ``What?、You might think, "It's just a picture of the Apple logo."。So、For now, I'll write it here、There should be a few more people in the know.。Although it's a little different、There are several similar experiences that are taken out of context.。One of them is、1990started in November、Kyushu、Eruption of “Unzen/Fugendake”。
1987Around the time、I had begun drawing a series of works called ``Cloud'' (the name of the series ``Cloud'' itself).、(I now see it as an example of such a coincidence.)。"morning、Climb with the sunrise、Clouds that change rapidly around the world during the day。You look tired.”。In that cloud、At least get a good night's sleep in a dark basement、The clouds rise again in the sky with sunrise.”、The idea was to comfort my favorite cloud.。Eventually in 1990、``A bright red cloud full of energy、Including DM for “Clouds rushing down the ridgeline”、I had a big solo exhibition at a department store with images of many clouds.。
Not only was it an interesting solo exhibition for me, but、The reputation was not bad either.。Immediately after the solo exhibition, the eruption of Mt. Fugendake in Unzen began.。The eruption was broadcast on all TV stations.、Continuously flowing from morning till night。And that “ultimate” large pyroclastic flow。My image of "bright red clouds cheerfully running down the ridge" is、Regardless of the time of production and the chronology of the pyroclastic flow.、Converged by the “pyroclastic flow” of the media。After that, every time I present a work、It was decided that the motif was a pyroclastic flow.。個人とマス・メディアとの圧倒的な量の差を、直接体感した最初の経験だった。テレビの力は大きい。Or rather、人々はまるでテレビが事（真）実であり、テレビそのものを信仰しているかのように見えた。
One more thing。2008年私は「天から豪瀑する、傲慢な人間を戒める、都市への懲罰的な大洪水」（聖書にある、ノアの方舟が頭にあった）を、1000号を超える大作「叫ぶ男」（210 x 540 cm）で発表した。その続編の「竜巻の男」、続いて「人間をやめた」新しい生き物を「新生」として、同サイズの大作をシリーズ化する構想を始めていた。そして2011年1月、再び「大洪水」を描き始めた。描き込まれる人間の数も今回は300人を越えていた。２ヶ月後の「2011、3、11」 東日本大震災。岩壁を越え、海が滝のように市内に向かって溢れかえる津波のTV映像を見ながら、私は自分の絵が現実になったような錯覚を感じていた。その年「大洪水」を描き続けることはできなかった。