I create paintings on the horizon where art has been lost, by quietly drawing lines day after day as a way of recording my own life, thereby negating the very act of producing an artwork itself. In today’s world, overflowing with information and abundant means of expression, I deliberately choose painting, and through painting I question what it means for painting to exist as painting. To that end, I make paintings that entirely eliminate concrete motifs, narratives, and intellectual or conceptual manipulation on the pictorial surface.In an era where creation through digital tools, drawing within virtual reality, and even delegating image-making to AI has become possible, I have chosen the most analog medium—painting. I believe this choice demands a critical perspective toward painting as such. I came to think that expressing my inner world or emotions does not in itself lead to a critical stance toward painting. Instead, I resolved to paint works that consist only of repeating minimal gestures while excluding intellectual operations, which ultimately gave rise to the form of my current practice.