Japanese Artist Explore Nature’s Cycle of Life and DeathThe cycle of life and death has been t

Japanese Artist Explore Nature’s Cycle of Life and DeathThe cycle of life and death has been the main theme of discussion of many philosophers, poets, scholars and other great minds and this art installation highlights an artist exploring the cliched theme in a different light.Japanese artist Azuma Makoto juxtaposes layers of vibrant flowers outside the Oi Futuro museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. And when seen from above, this botanical sculpture seems as if thousands of threads have been woven together to form an elaborate carpet. A true visual delight. This part of the exhibition, called Gaibu-Outside ponders about the beauty of life and its essence, through the use of neatly cut flowers, one layer touching another to show how our lives are all connected.The second half of the project, entitled Naibu-Inside, is the one that speaks of life’s nemesis, death. Here, Makoto still utilises colorful flowers, but not placed in the meadow but gathered in a large glass cube in the center of the indoor exhibition space. Visitors in this way can watch the transient beauty of the  blooms up close, watching them to be turned into dust as they embrace death fearlessly.So let these wilted flowers remind us to live life to the fullest before we too perish away. -- source link

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