The three series presented in this exhibition take “plants,” “HITOGATA (figurines),” and “a single ikebana arrangement” as their central themes. Although each series is based on different creative concepts, they share common elements in terms of visual imagery—such as color and form—as well as in their exploration of the fundamental nature of human creation. By presenting selected works from these series, the exhibition creates a space filled with a celebratory atmosphere. These works seek to explore the universal human spirit (HEART) found in natural human behaviors, such as entering the mountains and forests and being surrounded by plants, creating figurines and offering prayers, or gathering flowers and arranging them as decoration. All of these acts are expressed through the medium of *mizuhiki*. ### HITOGATA Series The *HITOGATA* series consists of *mizuhiki* figurines made from *mizuhiki* and wood. Since ancient times, across nations, cultures, and historical periods, humans have created various kinds of figurines. Embedded within this practice is the fundamental source of human imagination and the power to create. The artist draws upon *mizuhiki*, a traditional material from their place of birth, to create figurines as a way of approaching the origins of human prayer and expression. As mirrors that reflect inner human emotions, and as symbolic vessels that carry prayers on behalf of humans, the *HITOGATA* figures possess profound significance. ### PLANTS Series Plants play the role of intermediaries among all living things in nature. With their distinctive forms and colors, they inspire the imagination of viewers and are indispensable to human existence. *Mizuhiki* similarly functions as a shared medium between human material activity and the spiritual realm. By using *mizuhiki* to depict plants, this series explores the relationship between plants and humanity. ### Synthesis This work brings together the artist’s evolving series into a single, unified creation. Elements from the *HITOGATA* series, the *PLANTS* series, and the *Parallel* series are integrated around a central phoenix. The work depicts a fusion of the abstract and the figurative—humans, plants, mythical creatures, and graphic forms—expressed through the individual strands of *mizuhiki*. Although each element occupies a different space and holds a distinct meaning, they are all composed of the same material and are unified into a single visual entity.