Sweet Dreams

The original image is of a man from Japan creating art with a water bottle filled with salt.  In Japanese culture salt symbolizes the transience of life and is used in funeral rituals.  The artist used this saltscape to honor his sister who passed at a young age.  The salt is later thrown into the ocean.  My hope and dreams for children is to have them see things in their own environment as art materials.  They can be everyday household items, or actual nature straight from mother earth.  I want them to understand that anything they create is art, even if it is not seen by the masses and is thrown back into the earth when they are done.  I dream of a world where children see art as a form of therapy and coping with events in their own lives.

Remix by Erin Miner

Citation: Reader's Digest, Artist: Motoi Yamamoto, May 2013 Page 147