Today’s Animism,” co-authored by Katsumi Okuno and Takashi Shimizu, has been published by Ebunsha.
I had the honor of illustrating the book.
I imagined an “aida,” a space where gazes intersect.

I feel that the forest is a place where countless gazes come and go, where mirror images are diffusely reflected. When I was lost in the forests of Yakushima in the past, I instantly felt the gaze of various other beings. At that time, I remember feeling that “the forest is alive.