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I want to strip my work of 'effects' until it stands monolithic, based on reality and yet transcending it. It must flow naturally from my materials, from the way of the chisel and the way of the block... It is the ultimate ideal.

Shiko Munakata
Block, Reality, Way
Shikō Munakata (1991). “The Woodblock and the Artist: The Life and Work of Shiko Munakata”
I want to strip my work of 'effects' until it stands monolithic, based on reality and yet transcending it. It must flow naturally from my materials, from the way of the chisel and the way of the block... It is the