Hope

I chose to make work responding to the theme of hope. As long as we are alive we will experience some suffering and pain, we have been given the written promises of God that the pain and the suffering does not end in despair. In Japan, after the earthquake of March 11th, there are many people who are sad and even now are still suffering in some ways.

The first photo represents the feelings of these people – feelings of sorrow, anger and tension. I think it is important to express such struggle and emotions. In the second image the storm has subsided and hope is beginning to be found. In the third image I wanted to express the promise of God that there is no hope that the ends in disappointment.

The Sky is a canvas – when we view the sky it seems to comfort us, and it can speak into our minds.

People who have lost everything can receive a light of hope.

私は希望をテーマにこの箇所を選びました。私たちは生きている限り時として苦しみや痛みを経験します。けれども聖書はここで、それは失望で終わるのではないという、素晴らしい神の約束が記されています。日本は3.11の地震により、今もなお悲しみ苦しみの中にいる人々が多くいます。

1枚目の写真はそんな苦しみの中にいる人々の心情、悲しみや憤り、葛藤などを表現しています。

2枚目は嵐が静まり、希望を見い出し始めた心。

3枚目はその希望が失望に終わる事がないという神の約束を現しました。

空は私たち人間の心にそっと寄添うように、語りかけます。

希望を失った人々に希望の光が届きますように。