?1:26 The Jelly Fish - This was the first piece of art we encountered and would set the tone for what would follow. A sort of surreal floating alien was best as I could understand this first work
?2:09-2:20 These piles of hay had a nostalgic feeling for me as I grew up on a property with a barn and I used to play in the bails of hay there. I thought of these as something like the creatures we would encounter homes
?2:39 These appeared at a glance like horses. Interestingly they were attached by a cord of wood shavings. I thought of these two as a master and his transport. I've no idea if this is true and if they are meant to be the same creature.
?3:38 I affectionately thought of this as an alter. Whatever world these creatures inhabit I thought of this as the place they came to pray to whatever they believed in.
The mind trail is a one month event consisting of three separate trails featuring art installations located in 3 different areas of Nara prefecture. When people are so tired of being stuck inside, the mind trail invites you outdoors into one of the most beautiful prefectures that can be found in Japan. For this journey we visit the Soni location. The art you find in the forest is certainly surreal. I think it would be tough to say that the feeling it gives is only one of positivity. More, you feel a sense of awe or otherworldliness. The first piece of art seems almost like a jellyfish or some kind of floating alien. The second is more like a horse, or possibly a ...