井堂雅夫の創作活動の中心は、もの創りの仕事を始めた京都でしたが故郷である岩手にもアトリエを設けました。そこでは京都では生まれ得なかったであろう作品がいくつも生まれています。
この作品はその内のひとつで宮沢賢治の農民芸術概論綱要にある「まづもろともにかがやく宇宙の微塵となりて無方の空にちらばらう」の一部が題名になっています。
井堂雅夫は故郷岩手で宮沢賢治の世界観と出会うことにより、「宇宙から与えられた自身の使命は作品を創り続けることであると確信した」と語っています。
作品の中で地上を飛ぶ蝶も、可憐な花も、草や木に至るまで、すべての生物はそれぞれに使命を持ってこの世に生かさる歓びに輝いているようです。
“Becoming the Dust of the Universe”
Masao Ido's creative activities are centered in Kyoto, where he began his creative work, but he has also established a studio in his hometown of Iwate. There, he created a number of works that could not have been created in Kyoto.
This work is one of them. The title of this work is taken from "Mazu moromorokagayaku cosmos no miniscule dust to muho no sora ni fluttering" in Kenji Miyazawa's Outline of Farmer's Art.
Masao Ido says that his encounter with Kenji Miyazawa's worldview in his hometown of Iwate "convinced me that my mission given to me by the universe was to continue creating artwork.
In his works, butterflies flying on the ground, pretty flowers, grass and trees, and all living things seem to shine with joy as they come into this world with their own missions.
