Received a Recommendation from Professor Arizumi Mitamura, Emeritus, Tokyo University of the Arts: “Dialogue with the Universe: Rinko in This Life”

Creating a Future Overflowing with Energy

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Arizumi Mitamura, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of the Arts

Everyone who meets Yoko Ishikawa feels the same: she is incredibly bright, full of vitality, and possesses a clear direction for the future, which she can express eloquently in her own words.

This book is filled with words that provide many insights into living. Every time you turn a page, you feel the excitement of wondering, “What truth will I encounter next?”

In today’s world, not only in Japan but globally, everything seems chaotic, and it is difficult to discern where true reality lies and what it truly is.

In daily life, do people encounter authenticity every day?
We are surrounded by appearances and superficial things, making it easy to forget what is genuine.

For those living primarily in virtual spaces, they may try to find truth within the information and objects there.
However, the inherent “ability to perceive essence” encoded in our genes has no role in such an environment.

By contrast, nature teaches us what is real.

The western sky dyed red by the sunset,
the colors of a rainbow after rain,
clouds rising between mountains,
the quietly moving moon and stars in the night sky…

When people stand amidst these scenes, they are healed and their hearts calm.
Surrounded by great nature, the “sensitivity to discern authenticity” within the human heart begins to flow again.

Even in the arts, extensive training is required to recognize authenticity.
In painting or sculpture, if one only observes fakes, it is impossible to perceive the real.
In opera, Kabuki, or Noh—
without having experienced the real, one cannot discern its essence.

This publication is filled with wisdom and philosophy for discovering the real.
Now AI even influences human hearts, and creations made by such technology can alter the way we live.

That is precisely why I hope readers learn from this book that a rich future lies within the “authentic creations” made by human hands.