Pink Wings

【Pink Wings】

▶ 2024: I began to feel the urge to sing again.

A picture book animation created from 500 hand-drawn illustrations, imagining a beloved one spreading their wings in heaven — a heartfelt tribute to someone I lost.

As I slowly began to reclaim the part of me that could sing again,
the feeling of “wanting to reach someone,” “wanting to connect”
started to grow stronger and burn brighter within me—
even if I wasn’t fully healed yet.

During that time,
I found myself creating a picture book animation together with friends who resonated with what I had done,
what I was trying to do,
and who chose to coexist and stay close—by watching, by listening.

One of the people who helped with the project was a sound engineer from overseas, who reached out after watching my two earlier short films.

Based on illustrations I drew during a painful time,
I created a picture book animation as a way to support grief care—for myself and for those close to me.

The music turned out beautifully,
and Emily, who did the voice acting, gave a wonderful performance.
I truly hope you’ll take a moment to watch it—
it’s something I especially recommend before going to sleep.

【Words & I】

▶ 2023: I couldn’t sing, so I left behind images instead.

My body wouldn’t move.
My voice wouldn’t come out.
So I made 2 short films to capture that time of silence.— “1.Full Moon” and “2.Words & I” — Rated PG-12
(⚠︎ This text contains elements that touch on the story’s development. If you wish to experience the work with a completely fresh mind, we recommend reading the following after watching.)— Rated PG-12

A work that explores both the power and the limitations of words.
How far can we go in expressing true emotions?
Written, performed (piano), and directed entirely by the artist herself.

— Rated PG-12 —
The film includes a poem that reads:
“When we want to die, we are actually wishing to live.”

It also features a restrained scene where a man and a woman embrace, alongside a line that reads:
“When sex feels good.”

These are not intended as sexual depictions,
but rather as a quiet expression of the longing to reclaim the feeling of being alive.

Back then, I survived by simply writing and drawing what I felt.
Around that time, the way I listened to music and watched films changed completely.
I truly felt that just being alive was something beautiful.

I saw the ugliness of the world, and the foolishness of people—
but just as much, no, even more than that,
I received so much warmth and kindness.

And I came to realize this deeply:
Even if the form is different,
expressing the things that moved inside me—through words, sound, or images—
was always the same.
The act of “leaving something behind” became my way of showing that I lived.

【Full Moon】

A short film that captures the feeling of spiritual connection with someone who has passed on, during the night of a full moon.
It expresses “emotions that cannot be put into words” through music and imagination.

— Rated PG-12 —
The story follows an artist who, after becoming deeply immersed in creation, finds herself unable to sleep and gradually sinks into the depths of her own mind.
Scenes of falling sleeping pills and underwater imagery are not depictions of drug abuse, but rather symbolic expressions of insomnia, depression, and emotional instability.

Back then, I survived by simply writing and drawing what I felt.
Around that time, the way I listened to music and watched films changed completely.
I truly felt that just being alive was something beautiful.

I saw the ugliness of the world, and the foolishness of people—
but just as much, no, even more than that,
I received so much warmth and kindness.

And I came to realize this deeply:
Even if the form is different,
expressing the things that moved inside me—through words, sound, or images—
was always the same.
The act of “leaving something behind” became my way of showing that I lived.

【B品(defective)】

▶ 2022: We made a music video — “B品(defective)"

Together with friends, I created my first music video.
It was full of passion and quality, even though it was independently produced.
I was so grateful for the support around me.

This work became my calling card, my identity.
I was ready to move forward.

...But in the fall of that year,
someone very important to me passed away—suddenly.

The momentum I had built… vanished.

I could barely breathe.
I was simply existing.

【咲きなさい (Sakinasai - Bloom)】

▶ 2021: I began to feel the urge to sing again.

I still remember how emotional I got during my very first live show—
tears welled up, and my heart overflowed with the joy of expressing myself through song in front of people.

When I started classical piano at the age of five,
I was simply playing for competitions.
Back then, I had no sense of “wanting to convey emotion”.

But singing—using words to express—
has a different kind of vulnerability than playing piano.
It comes with fear, with embarrassment.

Words carry meaning.
And at first, I had no space in my heart to think about how others might receive them.

But even so, I felt something undeniable:
“I’m alive”.
That’s what live performance is to me.