Timing is said to be the key to all critical actions. However, when it comes to dire matters of the heart, like when to marry someone, there seems to be no perfect timing as the nature of our affection tends to ebb and flow, if not now, over time.
Given the weighty decision to live with someone for the rest of one's life, there is an understandable tendency to put things off for as long as possible. Yet much happiness can be lost by a failure to commit.
"(N)ot a moment too soon, not a moment too late" is set in Onuma Quasi-National Park (Hokkaido) overlooking the volcano, Mt. Komagatake. The artist uses a photo from a recent visit and various compositional elements and techniques to suggest that ultimately we never know if we have made a good decision until we step into destiny, the stream, and alter the course of our fate and the fate of those we care about. Destiny, a stream, is what vitalizes life, our pond.
The idea behind the work was sparked by seeing the empty white chairs left out on the lawn of a hotel grounds in front of this gorgeous, small lake for several days.
The volcano erupting, the monster in the woods, the empty red chair and the absence of any wedding guests all point to a realization that a failure to act is even more consequential than taking action.
