{"id":282,"date":"2026-08-20T07:01:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yasutakaseki.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=282"},"modified":"2026-09-19T02:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T17:56:17","slug":"utsuwa","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/yasutakaseki.com\/?portfolio=utsuwa&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Utsuwa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Statement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We give meaning to the things before us.<br>Memory, history, and emotion alter how things appear and shape our perception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I, too, have viewed things in this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet the things before us have no need for meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meaning emerges.<br>And when the vessel has fulfilled its role, our attachment quietly begins to loosen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img 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