Ichi Ikeda

...the Space Between...Artist Profile

To appreciate Ichi Ikeda’s long commitment to water issues and the scale of his work, please have a look at his website.
We enjoyed his work at the Dawn Light Symposium; his company and conversation.
His enthusiasm for networking and mutuality, which we share, is evidenced by his joining us for …the Space Between… and the text he wrote for Gosford.

the Space Between text:

The Chapter of the United Waters
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We the Peoples are to recall our memories of places
through water which has been circulating all over the earth,
and at the same time, to draw our attention to the fact
that our body has also been letting in and out water
for so many generations.
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We the Peoples are to realize why Water,
that is so full of life to us, is our medium
for moving the borders, in everyday customs,
histories, various cultures and so forth,
simplifying to a profound exchange between
human being and human being.
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We the Peoples are to be born on the earth,
caressed in a cradle of water
and growing as it grows.
All lives live in harmony.
The rivers flow to fertility
and the soil rises to evergreen.