Shrine stamp book – site specific art

My eyes were attracted to the stairs leading into the hills above Yoshida Shrine. I took my shrine stamp book and put it on a stair. The wind blew and  leafed  the pages: And another path ,  My heart is in the East

Leaf and idols

I wrote: leaf, leaf leaf, leaf, leaf, leaf leaf, leaf,leaf, leaf leaf, leaf, leaf, leaf leaf, leaf, leaf, leaf, leaf, leaf, leaf, leaf, leaf, leaf, leaf leaf, leaf, leaf, leaf, leaf, leaf, leaf, leaf, leaf, leaf, leaf, leaf, leaf, leaf, leaf leaf, leaf,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, As idol imerged: idol, idol, idol, idol, idol, idol, idol, idol, idol, […]

Artist book – My heart is in the East

ליבי במזרח ואנוכי בסוף מערב My heart is in the east, and I in the uttermost west.   Yehuda Halevy [1075-1141] wrote these lines in Spain about his longing to Jerusalem. My longing to Japan is round around planet earth, from 32’ to 35’ where Kyoto is. Pilgrims gather stamps from temples they arrive at- […]

Ancient Alexandria Library – my story, part 3

I was choosing an organic parsley bunch in the supermarket, as my cellular rang: “Nona-san, this is Prof. Henao-san from Japan! Are you still interested to help me sell my Alexandrian library? Are you still willing to try to contact universities and scientific institutions?   We started exchanging e-mails. He said he does not trust […]

The secrets of Kyoto 5/7 – Euclid Diagram

I lost my center point in the heat, humidity and noise of cicadas. Sitting on a stone, I was gazing at the shades in the Zen garden. I was thinking about geometry trying to reach again for frames of familiar order. I recalled Euclid’s diagrams. Hence, I imposed Euclid with my camera on a Japanese […]

Ancient Alexandria Library-my story, part 2

A note from Haruki Murakami It was my last week in Kyoto, August 2011. Sensei recommended me to visit Murin–an’s garden, she told me her older son who is an architect, was in charge of some renovations in the building. I took it as a personal gift. After strolling for a few hours, I decided […]

The secrets of Kyoto 3/7 – Nest

Kyoto nests in a grid of streets encompassed by green mountain slopes. In spite of the ancient grid , I got lost every day. It was hard to know if I am heading south or east – the horizon felt the same as at the middle of the sea; 360* of a round horizon of mountains […]

The secrets of Kyoto 2/7 – Taxi

The first clue of Kyoto’s secrets was presented to me at the taxi from the Kansai Airport to Sensei’s home. The thin monk who sat next to me wore a beautiful simple brown cloak and had a big worn-out leather school-bag. He seemed amused to hear how a Mediterranean; Hebrew speaking artist, is interested in Japanese […]

The Secrets of Kyoto 1/7 – Beauty

Shadow on the trail where am I going to? “In Japan, however, beauty is something that has to be worked for, earned; it is a reward for a long and sometimes painful search, it is the final attainment of insight, a jealously guarded possession; there is a great deal of vulgarity about beauty that is […]