Sun Through Broken Screen: Murakami and Gutai

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The image is still so clear. Maybe he wasn’t so tall, but he was always standing, and I was always sitting and looking up to his smiling face to find some answer. And he would say, “It’s okay. Don’t worry about making mess.” I wanted to impress him by making something beautiful. But there was no success. Knowing my intention or not, he was always just there in the same relaxed manner, standing with his back to the sun.