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		<title>Group Exposition Maison du Prieur (Monestery), Brussels October 4th &#8211; October 12th 2025</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Artist Nathalie Ishizuka, Group Exhibition Nathalie Ishizuka est une artiste franco-japonaise dont le travail fusionne influences orientales et occidentales dans une quête artistique et spirituelle profonde. Inspirée par son héritage multiculturel et des événements et crises marquants comme la catastrophe de Fukushima, elle explore la peinture comme une forme de méditation et de transformation intérieure.<p class="more-link-wrapper"><a href="https://nathalieishizuka.art/exposition-maison-du-prieur-monestery-brussels-october-4th-october-12th-2025/" class="more-link">Continue Reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Group Exposition Maison du Prieur (Monestery), Brussels October 4th &#8211; October 12th 2025"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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<p class="has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph">Artist Nathalie Ishizuka,  Group Exhibition</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nathalie Ishizuka est une artiste franco-japonaise dont le travail fusionne influences orientales et occidentales dans une quête artistique et spirituelle profonde. Inspirée par son héritage multiculturel et des événements et crises marquants comme la catastrophe de Fukushima, elle explore la peinture comme une forme de méditation et de transformation intérieure. Son art, mêlant encre, aquarelle et acrylique, vise à capter l’essence des quatre éléments et à transcender les crises par la beauté et le silence. Exposée en Europe, aux États-Unis et en Asie, elle collabore régulièrement avec des photographes, musiciens, danseurs et artistes multidisciplinaires afin d’enrichir l’expérience sensorielle de son œuvre et de créer des dialogues artistiques innovants.</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph">&#8212; Cultural Section, Auderghem Brussels Belgium</p>



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<p class="has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph">DATE OF EXPOSITION: October 4th &#8211; October 12th 2025</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph">ADDRESS OF EXHIBITION: </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&amp;query=%22Maison%20du%20Prieur%2C%20Rue%20du%20Rouge-Clo%C3%AEtre%208%2C%201160%20Auderghem%2C%20Belgium%22" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Maison du Prieur Rue du Rouge-Cloître 8 1160 Auderghem</a> (Brussels, BELGIUM)</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph">TIMES OF EXHIBITION: Hours of Maison du Prieur.  </p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph">Open: Mercredi, Jeudi, Vendredi, Samedi et Dimanche de 11:00 &#8211; 20:00.   </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Closed : Lundi et Mardi. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Follow Artist on website:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.nathalieishizuka.art" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NathalieIshizuka.art</a></p>



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		<title>The Sacred Bamboo Cube: A Space for Stillness, a Catalyst for Change</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Imagine with Us Experiencing Art within Structures that Accentuate our own Nature Art Inside and Out – The Sacred Bamboo Cube Our objective with Art Inside and Out is to emphasize the integration of nature and art within public spaces, thereby bypassing the reliance on traditional museum hours or venue closures. The spaces encourage personal<p class="more-link-wrapper"><a href="https://nathalieishizuka.art/the-sacred-bamboo-cube-a-space-for-stillness-a-catalyst-for-change/" class="more-link">Continue Reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The Sacred Bamboo Cube: A Space for Stillness, a Catalyst for Change"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><em>Imagine with Us Experiencing Art within Structures that Accentuate our own Nature</em></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="725" height="582" src="http://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/PHOTO-2024-10-23-08-56-20-4.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1904" srcset="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/PHOTO-2024-10-23-08-56-20-4.jpg 725w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/PHOTO-2024-10-23-08-56-20-4-300x241.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Credits to <a href="http://wwwpierresernet.com">Pierre Sernet</a> the photographer and also master of tea in these photos taken in his cube. </figcaption></figure>



<p class="has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph">Art Inside and Out – The Sacred Bamboo Cube</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Our objective with Art Inside and Out is to emphasize the integration of nature and art within public spaces, thereby bypassing the reliance on traditional museum hours or venue closures. The spaces encourage personal reflection, meditation, and a “call for silence” within each of us, inviting all to connect more deeply with art, nature, and each other.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><br><em>Let us create spaces that connect us, our environment, and the silence within</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>The project aims to create flexible, mobile structures that serve as a place to paint, to create, to gather for meditation, tea ceremonies, martial arts, slow movement, relaxation, or even quiet communion with nature. Designed to fit harmoniously in a museum or in forests, beaches, town centers, monasteries, or mountain landscapes, these sacred spaces will offer the following:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br><strong>Civic and Community Utility: </strong>These spaces can also serve cities by providing outdoor venues for local cafés or events, reviving public areas with simple, elegant structures that engage communities and enhance cultural exchange.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br><strong>Crisis Resilience and Refuge: </strong>In times of natural or human-made crises, the spaces could serve as shelters—beautiful, meditative structures offering respite for displaced individuals or relaxation zones in our own homes, our own garden or even refugee camps, possibly in partnership with the United Nations. Their light, mobile, and easily assembled design can also be adapted for temporary housing or emergency use.</p>



<p class="has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph">The Core of the Cube Project</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>In a time of crisis and disconnection, the Sacred Bamboo Cube, conceived by Nathalie Ishizuka and expanded by her visionary team, offers a minimalist space for stillness, clarity, and inner transformation. Rooted in the Earth element and connected to the Water Element, the cube invites individuals to reconnect with themselves in order to shift the world around them.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><br><em>Ishizuka believes that meaningful change — including climate and societal evolution — begins with clarity in our inner worlds.</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>Through one-on-one retreats combining meditation, painting, and deep reflection of our personal and professional lives with physical activity, she guides individuals to align with their earth element and inner ocean, allowing them to become catalysts for healing the outer one.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="1019" src="http://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/PHOTO-2024-10-23-08-56-20-1024x1019.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1901" srcset="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/PHOTO-2024-10-23-08-56-20-1024x1019.jpg 1024w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/PHOTO-2024-10-23-08-56-20-300x300.jpg 300w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/PHOTO-2024-10-23-08-56-20-150x150.jpg 150w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/PHOTO-2024-10-23-08-56-20-768x764.jpg 768w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/PHOTO-2024-10-23-08-56-20-1536x1528.jpg 1536w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/PHOTO-2024-10-23-08-56-20.jpg 1600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Element Water, Acrylic, 120cm x 120cm, Artist Nathalie Ishizuka</figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In this larger context, the 240cm x 240cm cube, conceived by Nathalie, is built. With a top team—bamboo master Marc Symons (Bamboe België), sound and light designer Stef Van Ansloy, and young Japanese architectural student Erika Kumada—Nathalie brings the concept to life.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>The cube is light, portable, child-constructible, and grounded in the vibration of Earth. This minimalist cube invites stillness, presence, and responsibility. Within its sacred space, art and silence awaken transformation — from the inside out.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>The cube represents the Earth element—our inner stability, the Mt. Fuji that resides within each of us—grounding us when the outer world becomes chaotic. Nathalie’s exhibitions will allow viewers to step into the cube to experience art and reconnect with their inner world.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>She invites us to transform the tumultuous inner ocean—our emotions and consciousness—that shapes the health of the outer ocean. The cube helps us do so on solid ground.<br></p>



<p class="has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph">Why the Cube? </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>In a chaotic world, spaces of stillness are essential. The bamboo cube is not just shelter, but a symbol—a portable architecture of presence. As coastal cities face mounting environmental pressures, the cube becomes a space to slow down, connect, and reimagine possibilities, both internal and external.<br>Whether situated in Biarritz, Nice, Monaco or elsewhere, the cube acts as a still eye in the storm.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph">A Structure with Intention</p>



<p class="has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:16px">The 240cm x 240cm footprint defines a zone of influence—a sacred radius we can cleanse, inhabit, and uplift.  Built with attention and care, the cube’s mindful assembly— quick but meditative—embodies the values of its Japanese young architect, Erika. </p>



<p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><em>The 240cm x 240cm represents not a personal boundary, but a zone of influence — </em></p>



<p class="has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:16px">Its form reflects Ishizuka’s core truth: “what we build from within, we become.”   In this sense the contributors bring their unique talents: </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:16px"><strong>Bamboo &amp; Joy: Marc Symons</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:16px">With decades of experience, Marc Symons of Bamboe België brings joy and clarity to ecological bamboo design. His approach offers resilience, lightness, and simplicity—and this is essential to sharing this concept more widely.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:16px"><br><strong>Japanese Influence: Erika Kumada</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:16px"><br>Architectural student Erika Kumada brings a poetic and ceremonial sensibility, ensuring that the process of building the cube is as meaningful as the result.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:16px"><strong><br>Light &amp; Sound: Stef Van Ansley</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:16px"><br>Photographer and sound engineer Stef Van Ansloy enhances the cube with immersive lighting and projection incorporating a multi-sensorial experience.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:16px"><br>While a collaborative effort, the vision, design, and final execution of the Sacred Bamboo Cube is a vision of Nathalie Ishizuka, who retains rights to evolve and exhibit it freely while honoring all contributors and working with them in the future in mutually beneficial ways.  &#8220;Together we are stronger and can create a profound impact,&#8221; says Ishizuka.</p>



<p class="has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph">From Cities to Crisis</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:16px"><br>This cube is more than an artwork—it’s a response from within. It can be:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:16px">A space of dignity and stillness in refugee camps, with guidance for respectful use</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:16px"><br>From Brussels to Biarritz, from Ville-Franche to Nice or Monaco, from Coastal city ports to UN camps — </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:16px">The Cube travels. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:16px">The Cube breathes. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:16px">The Cube transforms.</p>



<p class="has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><br>A Call to Support</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:16px"><br>Host the Cube.  Sponsor the exhibition “Mt. Fuji Meets the Ocean.”   Help seed stillness in places that need it most.  Mayors and City Teams Partner with us and visionary coastal NGOs.</p>



<p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><br><em>Together, we can offer structures that inspire resilience, beauty, and a new way of being—inside and out.</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A mobile installation in public squares such as a museum</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A meditative hub for art, silence, and community at home or in one’s garden</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A refuge in natural or human-made crises</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>We invite mayors, cities, museums, climate actors, NGOs and cultural organizations to reach out to us and sponsor flexible structures that can grow with cities and be present both in good times and challenging ones.</p>



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<h1 class="wp-block-heading">De Heilige Bamboe Kubus: Een Ruimte voor Stilte, een Katalysator voor Verandering</h1>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Kunst Binnen en Buiten – De Heilige Bamboe Kubus</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ons doel met <em>Art Inside and Out</em> is de integratie van natuur en kunst in openbare ruimten te benadrukken, los van museale openingsuren. Deze plekken nodigen uit tot persoonlijke reflectie, meditatie en een “oproep tot stilte” in ieder van ons, zodat we verbinden met kunst, natuur en elkaar.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Laten we ruimtes scheppen die ons verbinden, met onze omgeving én de stilte in onszelf.</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Het project creëert flexibele, mobiele structuren: plekken om te schilderen, creëren, samen te komen voor meditatie, theeceremonies, krijgskunst, slow movement, ontspanning of stille communion met de natuur. Ontworpen om perfect te passen in musea, bossen, stranden, dorpscentra, kloosters of berglandschappen, bieden deze heilige ruimten:</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">• Civiel En Gemeenschapsgebruik</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Deze kubussen kunnen ook steden verrijken als buitenlocatie voor cafés of evenementen, publieke ruimten herlevend met elegante structs voor culturele uitwisseling.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">• Crisisweerbaarheid En Toevlucht</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In tijden van nood kunnen ze dienen als bezinningsplekken in vluchtelingenkampen of je eigen tuin, mogelijk in samenwerking met de VN. Licht, mobiel en makkelijk op te zetten – ideaal als noodonderdak.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">De Kern van het Kubusproject</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In een tijd van crisis en desconnectie biedt de Heilige Bamboe Kubus — bedacht door Nathalie Ishizuka en uitgevoerd met haar team — een minimalistische ruimte voor stilte, helderheid en innerlijke transformatie. Verankerd in het Aarde-element en verbonden met het Water-element, nodigt de kubus uit tot hernieuwde verbinding met zichzelf om de wereld te veranderen.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ishizuka gelooft dat betekenisvolle verandering — klimaat of maatschappij — begint met helderheid in ons innerlijk.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Door één-op-één retraites met meditatie, schilderen, diepe reflectie over persoonlijk en professioneel leven, gecombineerd met fysieke activiteit, begeleidt ze mensen om in lijn te komen met hun aarde-element en innerlijke oceaan — zodat ze zelf tot katalysator voor genezing van de buitenwereld kunnen worden.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Element Water</strong>, acryl, 120 × 120 cm – kunstenaar Nathalie Ishizuka</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In dat kader is de kubus van 240 × 240 cm ontworpen. Met een topteam — bamboemeester Marc Symons (Bamboe België), licht- en geluidsspecialist Stef Van Ansloy, en Japanse architectuurstudente Erika Kumada — brengt Nathalie het concept tot leven.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>De kubus</strong> is licht, draagbaar, eenvoudig op te bouwen door kinderen en verankerd in aards vibratie. In deze minimalistische, heilige ruimte brengen stilte en kunst transformatie teweeg — van binnenuit.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">De kubus symboliseert het Aarde-element: onze innerlijke stabiliteit, onze berg Fuji in onszelf, die ons gronden wanneer de buitenwereld chaotisch wordt. In Nathalie’s exposities kan je de kubus betreden, kunst ervaren en herverbinden met je innerlijk.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ze daagt ons uit onze innerlijke oceaan — emoties en bewustzijn — te transformeren, teneinde bij te dragen aan de gezondheid van de buitenste oceaan. De kubus helpt ons dat op solide fundament te doen.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Waarom de Kubus?</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In een wereld vol chaos zijn stilteruimtes essentieel. De bamboekubus is niet enkel een onderdak, maar een symbool — een draagbare architectuur van aanwezigheid. Terwijl kuststeden kampen met toenemende milieu-uitdagingen, biedt de kubus een plek om vertragen, verbinden en heruitvinden – zowel innerlijk als uiterlijk.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Of de kubus nu staat in Biarritz, Nice, Monaco of elders, het is het stille oog van de storm.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Een Structuur Met Intentie</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Het oppervlak van 240 × 240 cm creëert een invloedssfeer — een heilige radius die we kunnen reinigen, bewonen en verheffen. Met aandacht en zorg gebouwd, vertegenwoordigt het opzetproces — snel maar meditatief — de waarden van architect Erika Kumada.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Wat we van binnenuit bouwen, worden we zelf.”</p>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Bijdragers:</h3>



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<li><strong>Bamboe &amp; Vreugde: Marc Symons</strong><br>Jarenlange ervaring in ecologisch bamboedesign; zijn werk brengt veerkracht, lichtheid en elegantie, onmisbaar voor brede verspreiding van dit concept.</li>



<li><strong>Japanse Invloed: Erika Kumada</strong><br>Brengt poëtische ceremonieuze gevoeligheid in het bouwproces — de rituele betekenis van het samen opbouwen is net zo belangrijk als het resultaat.</li>



<li><strong>Licht &amp; Geluid: Stef Van Ansloy</strong><br>Als fotograaf en geluidsdesigner creëert hij een multi-sensorische ervaring met licht en projectie, die de kubus tot leven brengt.</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Van Steden Tot Crisis</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Deze kubus is meer dan kunst — het is een respons van binnenuit. Hij kan fungeren als:</p>



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<li>Een ruimte van waardigheid en stilte in vluchtelingenkampen, met richtlijnen voor respectvol gebruik.</li>



<li>Een mobiele installatie op openbare pleinen of in musea.</li>



<li>Een meditatieve hub voor thuis of in de tuin.</li>



<li>Een toevlucht in natuurlijke of door de mens veroorzaakte crises.</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Van Brussel tot Biarritz, Vanille‑Franche tot Monaco — van havensteden tot VN‑kampen —</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>De Kubus reist.</strong><br><strong>De Kubus ademt.</strong><br><strong>De Kubus transformeert.</strong></p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Oproep tot Ondersteuning</h2>



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<li><strong>Host de Kubus.</strong></li>



<li><strong>Sponsor de tentoonstelling “Mt. Fuji Meets the Ocean.”</strong></li>



<li><strong>Zaai stilte op plaatsen waar het het hardst nodig is.</strong></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We nodigen burgemeesters, steden, musea, klimaatactoren, NGO’s en culturele organisaties uit om samen te werken en flexibele structuren te sponsoren die meegroeien met steden — zowel in goede tijden als uitdagende periodes.</p>



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<h1 class="wp-block-heading">Le Cube Sacré en Bambou : Un Espace de Silence, un Catalyseur de Changement</h1>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><em>Imaginez vivre l’art à l’intérieur de structures qui accentuent notre propre nature</em><br></p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">L’Art Dedans et Dehors – Le Cube Sacré en Bambou</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">L’objectif du projet <em>Art Inside and Out</em> est de favoriser l’intégration de la nature et de l’art dans l’espace public, en s’affranchissant des horaires de musées ou des fermetures de lieux. Ces espaces invitent à la réflexion personnelle, à la méditation et à un « appel au silence » intérieur, permettant à chacun de se reconnecter à l’art, à la nature et aux autres.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Créons des espaces qui nous relient à nous-mêmes, à notre environnement et au silence intérieur.</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Le projet vise à créer des structures mobiles et flexibles servant d’espaces pour peindre, créer, méditer, organiser des cérémonies de thé, pratiquer les arts martiaux, le mouvement lent, la relaxation ou simplement communier en silence avec la nature. Conçus pour s’intégrer harmonieusement dans un musée, une forêt, une plage, un centre-ville, un monastère ou un paysage de montagne, ces espaces sacrés offrent :</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">• Utilité Civique et Communautaire</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ces structures peuvent également être utiles aux villes en servant de lieux extérieurs pour cafés ou événements, revitalisant les espaces publics avec des formes simples et élégantes qui favorisent les échanges culturels.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">• Résilience en Temps de Crise et Refuge</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">En période de crise, naturelle ou humaine, ces espaces peuvent devenir des refuges — des structures méditatives et esthétiques offrant un moment de répit pour les personnes déplacées ou un lieu de détente chez soi, dans son jardin ou même dans les camps de réfugiés, possiblement en partenariat avec les Nations Unies. Leur conception légère, mobile et facilement assemblable peut aussi convenir à l’habitat temporaire ou à une utilisation d’urgence.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Le Cœur du Projet</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dans une époque de crise et de déconnexion, le Cube Sacré en Bambou — imaginé par Nathalie Ishizuka et développé avec son équipe visionnaire — offre un espace minimaliste de silence, de clarté et de transformation intérieure. Ancré dans l’élément Terre et relié à l’Eau, ce cube invite chacun à se reconnecter à soi pour pouvoir transformer le monde qui l’entoure.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nathalie Ishizuka croit que tout changement véritable — y compris climatique ou sociétal — commence par une clarté intérieure.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">À travers des retraites individuelles alliant méditation, peinture, réflexion profonde sur nos vies personnelles et professionnelles, et activité physique, elle accompagne chacun à s’aligner avec son élément terre et son océan intérieur, devenant ainsi un catalyseur pour guérir le monde extérieur.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Élément Eau</strong>, acrylique, 120 × 120 cm – artiste Nathalie Ishizuka</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">C’est dans ce contexte qu’est conçu le cube de 240 × 240 cm. Grâce à une équipe exceptionnelle — le maître bamboutier Marc Symons (Bamboe België), le designer sonore et lumière Stef Van Ansloy, et l’étudiante en architecture japonaise Erika Kumada — Nathalie donne vie au concept.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Le cube</strong>, léger, portable, montable par un enfant, est enraciné dans la vibration de la Terre. Cet espace minimaliste et sacré invite à la présence, au silence et à la responsabilité. En son sein, l’art et le silence éveillent la transformation — de l’intérieur vers l’extérieur.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Le cube symbolise l’élément Terre : notre stabilité intérieure, notre Mont Fuji intérieur, qui nous ancre lorsque le monde extérieur devient chaotique. Lors de ses expositions, Nathalie propose aux visiteurs d’entrer dans le cube pour expérimenter l’art et se reconnecter à leur monde intérieur.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Elle nous invite à transformer notre océan intérieur — nos émotions, notre conscience — qui façonne la santé de l’océan extérieur. Le cube permet de le faire sur une base solide.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Pourquoi un Cube ?</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dans un monde chaotique, les espaces de silence sont essentiels. Le cube en bambou n’est pas seulement un abri, c’est un symbole — une architecture mobile de présence. Alors que les villes côtières sont confrontées à une pression environnementale croissante, le cube devient un lieu pour ralentir, se reconnecter et réimaginer les possibles, à l’intérieur comme à l’extérieur.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Que ce soit à Biarritz, Nice, Monaco ou ailleurs, le cube agit comme l’œil calme au cœur de la tempête.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Une Structure Porteuse de Sens</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">L’empreinte de 240 × 240 cm définit une zone d’influence — un rayon sacré que nous pouvons purifier, habiter et élever. Sa construction, rapide mais méditative, est réalisée avec attention et soin, incarnant les valeurs de la jeune architecte Erika Kumada.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">« Ce que nous bâtissons de l’intérieur, nous le devenons. »</p>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Les Contributeurs :</h3>



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<li><strong>Bambou &amp; Joie : Marc Symons</strong><br>Avec des décennies d’expérience, Marc Symons de Bamboe België apporte clarté, joie et simplicité à la conception écologique en bambou. Une approche essentielle pour diffuser le concept à plus grande échelle.</li>



<li><strong>Influence Japonaise : Erika Kumada</strong><br>Étudiante en architecture, Erika insuffle une sensibilité poétique et cérémonielle, veillant à ce que le processus de construction soit aussi significatif que le résultat.</li>



<li><strong>Lumière &amp; Son : Stef Van Ansloy</strong><br>Photographe et ingénieur du son, Stef sublime le cube par une expérience sensorielle intégrant lumière, projections et sonorités.</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Des Villes à la Crise</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ce cube est plus qu’une œuvre d’art — c’est une réponse venue de l’intérieur. Il peut devenir :</p>



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<li>Un espace de dignité et de silence dans les camps de réfugiés, avec des recommandations pour un usage respectueux.</li>



<li>Une installation mobile sur les places publiques ou dans les musées.</li>



<li>Un lieu de méditation dans son jardin ou à la maison.</li>



<li>Un refuge en cas de catastrophe naturelle ou humaine.</li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">De Bruxelles à Biarritz, de Villefranche à Monaco — des ports côtiers aux camps de l’ONU —</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Le Cube voyage.</strong><br><strong>Le Cube respire.</strong><br><strong>Le Cube transforme.</strong></p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Un Appel au Soutien</h2>



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<li><strong>Accueillez le Cube.</strong></li>



<li><strong>Parrainez l’exposition “Le Mont Fuji Rencontre l’Océan.”</strong></li>



<li><strong>Semez la tranquillité là où elle est le plus nécessaire.</strong></li>
</ul>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nous invitons les maires, villes, musées, acteurs du climat, ONG et organismes culturels à nous contacter pour parrainer ces structures flexibles, capables d’évoluer avec les villes, en période de paix comme en temps de crise.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nestled by the ocean, La Maison Yokata is a vision for a sanctuary where art, mindfulness, and nature come together to inspire transformation. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Imagine a space infused with the rhythm of the sea—where meditative paintings, much like the timeless expanse of water, invite visitors to pause, reflect, and reconnect. Unlike traditional art institutions that house only classical works, this retreat will embrace the fluidity of contemporary, introspective art—an intimate place where creativity flourishes alongside the tides.<br></p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Much like the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, which seamlessly integrates music with breathtaking ocean views, La Maison Yokata will offer an immersive experience—but with visual art at its core. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1169" src="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Rockport-Ocean-View-Front-Window-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-2009" srcset="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Rockport-Ocean-View-Front-Window-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Rockport-Ocean-View-Front-Window-300x137.jpg 300w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Rockport-Ocean-View-Front-Window-1024x468.jpg 1024w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Rockport-Ocean-View-Front-Window-768x351.jpg 768w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Rockport-Ocean-View-Front-Window-1536x702.jpg 1536w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Rockport-Ocean-View-Front-Window-2048x935.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Similar to the Rockport Ocean View Experience in the United States, La Maison Yokata Seeks to Transform through Art and the Ocean our Inner Space.  We are grateful for the Rockport experience and what they have created for us all.</figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Picture a setting where leaders, creatives, and changemakers find clarity in a space designed for renewal. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1361" height="933" src="http://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/facade-mer-du-musee-oceanograp.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-2062" srcset="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/facade-mer-du-musee-oceanograp.jpg 1361w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/facade-mer-du-musee-oceanograp-300x206.jpg 300w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/facade-mer-du-musee-oceanograp-1024x702.jpg 1024w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/facade-mer-du-musee-oceanograp-768x526.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1361px) 100vw, 1361px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Oceanographic Museum of Monaco and a Vision for Man&#8217;s Place with the Ocean</figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Building on Biarritz&#8217;s long tradition of the Ocean&#8217;s healing power and Monaco&#8217;s rich legacy in ocean conservation and artistic patronage, this project seeks visionary partners and artisans who believe in the transformative power of art and the Ocean.  </p>



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<figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1440" height="1790" src="http://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BIARRITZ.MAI_.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1855" srcset="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BIARRITZ.MAI_.jpg 1440w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BIARRITZ.MAI_-241x300.jpg 241w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BIARRITZ.MAI_-824x1024.jpg 824w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BIARRITZ.MAI_-768x955.jpg 768w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BIARRITZ.MAI_-1236x1536.jpg 1236w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Departing Lightly, Artist Nathalie Ishizuka, Biarritz Gallery Collection, Acrylic, 100cm x 80cm</figcaption></figure>



<p class="has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph">I aim to collaborate with those who share a deep love for the Ocean, helping us reinvent ourselves from within and express ourselves in a way that honors, respects, and harmonizes with natural elements.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I invite partners, artisans and supporters to help bring this unique concept to life. We can begin with an exhibition and work together with Biarritz or Nice or another place near the Ocean and sponsors to create a larger vision together.  The project can begin small, the size of an apartment overlooking the Ocean dedicated to the experience of meditation and art.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For our inspiration, we thank the Shalin Liu Performance Center and visionaries who support this center for what they have done to inspire us all and continue to do with the ocean and with the arts. Gratitude.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1325" src="http://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Imagine-Ocean-Museum-with-Art-Gallery-on-Ocean-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-2010" srcset="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Imagine-Ocean-Museum-with-Art-Gallery-on-Ocean-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Imagine-Ocean-Museum-with-Art-Gallery-on-Ocean-300x155.jpg 300w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Imagine-Ocean-Museum-with-Art-Gallery-on-Ocean-1024x530.jpg 1024w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Imagine-Ocean-Museum-with-Art-Gallery-on-Ocean-768x398.jpg 768w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Imagine-Ocean-Museum-with-Art-Gallery-on-Ocean-1536x795.jpg 1536w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Imagine-Ocean-Museum-with-Art-Gallery-on-Ocean-2048x1060.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Imagine a space with meditative galleries and an ocean view that incite meditation or moments of beauty and silence. Spaces where we can work one one-on-one with Individuals, changing our concept of time, space, creativity and possibilities.  </figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We are also deeply grateful to visionary architects today whose works embody the harmony of the four elements: earth, water, air, and fire.  Among them, we hold in great esteem Kenzo Tange, whose design of The Asian Art Museum in Nice, by the ocean, stands as a testament to architectural brilliance.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1920" height="2560" src="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/roof-scaled.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-2056" srcset="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/roof-scaled.jpeg 1920w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/roof-225x300.jpeg 225w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/roof-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/roof-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/roof-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As Tange himself shared about the Asian Art Museum in Nice: &#8216;The museum&#8217;s plan is based on two fundamental geometric forms of Japanese tradition; the square, symbol of the earth, and the circle, symbol of the sky&#8230;&#8217;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1920" height="2560" src="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/staircase.asianmuseum.nice_-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-2057" srcset="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/staircase.asianmuseum.nice_-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/staircase.asianmuseum.nice_-225x300.jpg 225w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/staircase.asianmuseum.nice_-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/staircase.asianmuseum.nice_-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/staircase.asianmuseum.nice_-1536x2048.jpg 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The design of this museum, both inside and out, creates the illusion of floating on water, while its roof and inner staircase bring an energetic flow that cultivates a transformative and meditative experience. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1920" height="2560" src="http://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/buddha.nice_-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-2055" srcset="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/buddha.nice_-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/buddha.nice_-225x300.jpg 225w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/buddha.nice_-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/buddha.nice_-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/buddha.nice_-1536x2048.jpg 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></figure>



<p class="has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph">To me, the Asian Art Museum, the Shalin Liu Performance Center and the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco represent the perfect union of architecture and the elements, creating an art space that not only houses art but also offer a profound and transformative inner experience.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I hope that one day, I will have the honor of meeting the curators and directors of these museums—to brainstorm with them, support their work, and perhaps even exhibit my own creations in these living spaces where art and the four elements converge, fostering transformation and a love and respect for the Ocean.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In the years to come, I aspire to collaborate closely with those who love the Ocean and Biarritz to establish a new art space—one that draws from the region’s rich heritage while reinforcing its historical strengths: transformation and the renewal of health and well-being through the Ocean.</p>



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					<description><![CDATA[Tūranga waewae – A Place to Stand As human beings, especially in turbulent times, we seek a place to stand—a space where time stops, where we are deeply connected to the environment, where we feel fully present, as small as an atom and as vast as the universe itself. The Māori of New Zealand call<p class="more-link-wrapper"><a href="https://nathalieishizuka.art/seeking-sponsorship-a-journey-to-new-zealand-with-the-maori-to-explore-art-navigation-and-the-water-element/" class="more-link">Continue Reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Seeking Sponsorship: A Journey to New Zealand with the Māori to Explore Art, Navigation and the Water Element"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Tūranga waewae – A Place to Stand</strong></h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As human beings, especially in turbulent times, we seek a place to stand—a space where time stops, where we are deeply connected to the environment, where we feel fully present, as small as an atom and as vast as the universe itself.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Māori of New Zealand call this place <em>Tūranga waewae</em>, often translated as “A Place to Stand.”</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1832" height="738" src="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/sacred-pirogue-resting-spot.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1976" srcset="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/sacred-pirogue-resting-spot.jpg 1832w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/sacred-pirogue-resting-spot-300x121.jpg 300w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/sacred-pirogue-resting-spot-1024x413.jpg 1024w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/sacred-pirogue-resting-spot-768x309.jpg 768w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/sacred-pirogue-resting-spot-1536x619.jpg 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1832px) 100vw, 1832px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Kupe, the explorer, when he saw the Northern part of what is now called New Zealand called it Ao Te Ar Oa, the country of the long white Cloud.</figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For me, this place exists on a rock in Biarritz, at the Grand Plage. It is a place of connection, a refuge where I have returned since childhood to ground myself, to reconnect with the earth and the ocean. It is both a place to stand and a place to surrender—to lie on the sand, feeling the grains beneath me, honoring the earth, my mother, who lent me this body and to whom I will one day return it.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Now, at fifty-five, as I care for my aging mother, I reflect on how I will return this body to the earth. In meditation, I have come to understand that I alone am responsible for this physical body—one I have often neglected, treating it as a tool for my intellect, my creativity, and even my spiritual pursuits. I forgot to move, to rest, to honor my body’s needs. I forgot to return to the sand of Biarritz, to lie down and simply feel.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When I look at the ocean and think of climate change, my background in international affairs leads me to rational concerns—plastic pollution, recycling, ocean conservation. But in meditation, I see it differently: the ocean’s pollution is a reflection of our inner pollution, of the countless emotions and thoughts that cloud our consciousness. We have up to 60,000 thoughts a day—95% the same as the day before, 80% negative. Drowned in this inner noise, we lose our ability to truly be present.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">If I want to contribute to healing the ocean, I must also cleanse the ocean within me. I must learn to navigate, not just the external waters, but my inner self. In Māori tradition, the <em>pirogue</em> (canoe) represents the mother, the navigator is the father, and the self is the child. At birth, we are entrusted with a <em>pirogue</em>—our body, which is both our vessel and the earth itself. The navigator—whether the divine, the universe, or life’s wisdom—guides us. But we must be silent to receive that guidance. Our consciousness is the child, learning to trust, to listen, to follow.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="378" src="http://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.people-1024x378.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1975" srcset="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.people-1024x378.jpg 1024w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.people-300x111.jpg 300w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.people-768x284.jpg 768w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.people-1536x568.jpg 1536w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.people.jpg 1802w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">At birth we are entrusted with the Pirogue &#8211; Our Body whis is both our vessel and the earth itself.</figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In 2017, just as I prepared to teach meditation, a scooter accident shattered my right hip. The diagnosis: osteoporosis. A small accident, a broken hip—a clear message. I had not honored my body. I had exhausted it, ignored its needs, polluted it with unexamined emotions. My body had spoken the truth I refused to hear.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is why I now seek to paint the meeting of <strong>Mt. Fuji and the Ocean</strong>. For me, Mt. Fuji represents the stability of the earth within us—the foundation we must stand upon before we can observe and embrace the ocean, the element of water, with all its turbulence and power. Before I replace my hip, I want to integrate its lesson. I want to understand why I broke it, to heal the root cause—my thoughts.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So I train. First in water, where movement is gentle. As if learning to trust again. Learning to stand, to move, to regain strength before placing full weight upon my body.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As I prepare for this exhibition, I have been filming the ocean in Biarritz—each month, for a week at a time, since August. Some of this footage, captured with the help of photographer Stef Van Alsenoy, will be part of the exhibit.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In meditation, I painted a piece unlike anything I have created before—a <strong>rose des vents</strong> (compass rose). I immediately felt it was an offering, a gesture of gratitude to the ocean. And when I showed it to my coach, Didier Charvet (Olympic sailing trainer), he saw its place: on the sails of a new generation of cargo ships designed to reduce carbon emissions. He saw that it could bring light.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I do not claim to know how to navigate the ocean. But I know that if I am to place a painting on sails at sea, I must work with someone who does. Someone who has dreamt since childhood of becoming one with the <em>pirogue</em>.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="408" src="http://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/navigation-1024x408.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1973" srcset="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/navigation-1024x408.jpg 1024w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/navigation-300x120.jpg 300w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/navigation-768x306.jpg 768w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/navigation-1536x612.jpg 1536w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/navigation.jpg 1916w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">In Meditation we Must learn to Oriente Ourselves Within Our Body, with the Maori Orientation on the Ocean begins on Land</figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is why I have chosen <strong>Didier Charvet</strong> as my coach and guide. To help heal my physical body, as he has healed his. To help me experience, as closely as possible, what it means to navigate with the wind. Since August, we have visited legendary kitesurfing locations, where he has taught me to hold a kite, to feel the wind, to stand on a paddleboard despite my injury, despite my struggle to find balance.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For the Māori say:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>When you become a voyager of the ocean,<br>You must give yourself to the sea.<br>You must know the habits of the pirogue,<br>How it moves, how it rides,<br>How to remain steady in a storm.<br>You must know how to navigate,<br>How to position yourself in the ocean when the weather turns wild.<br>To stand strong,<br>You must be prepared—mentally, physically, and spiritually.</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is the call.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="369" src="http://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.water_-1024x369.png" alt="" class="wp-image-1971" srcset="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.water_-1024x369.png 1024w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.water_-300x108.png 300w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.water_-768x277.png 768w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.water_-1536x554.png 1536w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.water_.png 1914w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is why I want to paint the meeting of <strong>Mt. Fuji</strong>—the ultimate symbol of stability, unshaken by storms—and the <strong>ocean of Biarritz</strong>, an endless surge of motion and power.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Didier spoke to me of the Māori. Without knowing, I had already drawn one of their boats. He spoke the name <em>Aotearoa</em>—New Zealand. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1920" src="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.web_-3-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1997" srcset="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.web_-3-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.web_-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.web_-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.web_-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.web_-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.web_-3-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Artist Nathalie Ishizuka, Quick Sketch for Didier Charvet and a Logo for his Business Card.  Without knowing, it resembles the Maori Pirogue Boats</figcaption></figure>



<p class="has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><em>The word AOTEAROA vibrated within me. It resonated with strength, with the power to stand.</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I believe that through continued meditation on the elements of <strong>earth and water</strong>, and by translating those meditations into physical form—through painting, through action—I will complete a part of my journey. I will seek forgiveness from the ocean for all the unconscious ways I have polluted it, and I will seek to cleanse my consciousness from within.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">At the same time, I want to contribute outwardly. I want to place this painting on cargo sails that harness wind power, to help transform maritime transport. I want to show that through art, through symbol, through a shared vision, we can begin to cleanse both our <strong>inner</strong> and <strong>outer</strong> oceans.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Sponsorship: To Feel Navigation from within and Without</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I am seeking a <strong>residency sponsorship</strong> to travel with Didier Charvet to New Zealand, to spend time with the Māori, to experience firsthand how they navigate the ocean, both physically and spiritually. Through this experience, through meditation, and through our combined reflections as well as time with Maori and on the water, I will create new paintings—paintings that embody this journey, this search for balance, this act of standing in one’s place.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This project is directly connected to my exhibition <strong>“Mt. Fuji Meets the Ocean”</strong>, where I explore the dialogue between stability and movement, between grounding and fluidity. I believe this journey to New Zealand will deepen my understanding of these themes, allowing me to bring something profound and tangible to the exhibition.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Through this residency, I will gain not only personal insight but also the ability to contribute to a larger vision—one that connects art, meditation, and environmental consciousness.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I invite sponsors to support this journey—not just as a personal endeavor, but as an exploration of how we can <strong>stand, navigate, and create in harmony with the world around us</strong>.</p>



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<p class="has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph">Recherche de Sponsoring : Un Voyage en Nouvelle-Zélande auprès des Maoris pour Explorer l’Art, la Navigation et L&#8217;Element Eau</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph">Tūranga waewae – Un Lieu pour se Tenir Debout</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>En tant qu’êtres humains, nous recherchons tous un lieu où nous sentir ancrés—un espace où le temps s’arrête, où nous sommes profondément connectés à l’environnement, où nous nous sentons pleinement présents, à la fois aussi petits qu’un atome et aussi vastes que l’univers lui-même.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>Les Maoris de Nouvelle-Zélande appellent cet endroit Tūranga waewae, souvent traduit par « un lieu pour se tenir debout ».</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1832" height="738" src="http://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/sacred-pirogue-resting-spot.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1976" srcset="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/sacred-pirogue-resting-spot.jpg 1832w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/sacred-pirogue-resting-spot-300x121.jpg 300w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/sacred-pirogue-resting-spot-1024x413.jpg 1024w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/sacred-pirogue-resting-spot-768x309.jpg 768w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/sacred-pirogue-resting-spot-1536x619.jpg 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1832px) 100vw, 1832px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">&#8220;Turanga Waewae&#8221; : Un Lieu Où Se Tenir Debout</figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>Pour moi, cet endroit existe sur un rocher à Biarritz, à la Grande Plage. C’est un lieu de connexion, un refuge où je reviens depuis mon enfance pour me ressourcer, pour me reconnecter à la terre et à l’océan. C’est à la fois un lieu où me tenir debout et un lieu où m’abandonner—m’allonger sur le sable, sentir les grains sous moi, honorer la terre, ma mère, qui m’a prêté ce corps et à qui je le rendrai un jour.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>Aujourd’hui, à cinquante-cinq ans, alors que je prends soin de ma mère vieillissante, je réfléchis à la manière dont je rendrai ce corps à la terre. Grâce à la méditation, j’ai compris que je suis seule responsable de ce corps physique—un corps que j’ai souvent négligé, traité comme un simple outil pour mon intellect, ma créativité et même ma quête spirituelle. J’ai oublié de bouger, de me reposer, d’honorer ses besoins. J’ai oublié de retourner sur le sable de Biarritz, de m’y allonger et de simplement ressentir.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>Lorsque je regarde l’océan et que je pense au changement climatique, mon parcours en relations internationales me pousse à m’inquiéter de manière rationnelle—pollution plastique, recyclage, conservation des océans. Mais en méditation, je vois les choses différemment : la pollution de l’océan est un reflet de notre pollution intérieure, de l’innombrable flot de pensées et d’émotions qui obscurcissent notre conscience. Nous avons jusqu’à 60 000 pensées par jour—95 % sont les mêmes que la veille, et 80 % sont négatives. Submergés par ce bruit intérieur, nous perdons notre capacité à être véritablement présents.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>Si je veux contribuer à la guérison de l’océan, je dois aussi purifier l’océan en moi. Je dois apprendre à naviguer, non seulement les eaux extérieures, mais aussi mon moi intérieur. Dans la tradition maorie, la pirogue (canoë) représente la mère, le navigateur est le père, et le soi est l’enfant. À la naissance, nous recevons une pirogue—notre corps, qui est à la fois notre embarcation et la terre elle-même. Le navigateur—que ce soit le divin, l’univers ou la sagesse de la vie—nous guide. Mais pour recevoir cette guidance, il faut savoir faire silence. Notre conscience est l’enfant, apprenant à faire confiance, à écouter, à suivre.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>En 2017, alors que je me préparais à enseigner la méditation, un accident de scooter a brisé ma hanche droite. Le diagnostic : ostéoporose. Un petit accident, une hanche fracturée—un message clair. Je n’avais pas honoré mon corps. Je l’avais épuisé, ignoré, pollué de pensées et d’émotions inconscientes. Mon corps disait la vérité que je refusais d’entendre.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1802" height="666" src="http://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.people.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1975" srcset="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.people.jpg 1802w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.people-300x111.jpg 300w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.people-1024x378.jpg 1024w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.people-768x284.jpg 768w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.people-1536x568.jpg 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1802px) 100vw, 1802px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">À la naissance, on nous confie la Pirogue &#8211; Notre Corps, qui est à la fois notre vaisseau et la terre elle-même.</figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>C’est pourquoi je souhaite peindre la rencontre entre le Mont Fuji et l’Océan. Pour moi, le Mont Fuji représente la stabilité de la terre en nous—la base sur laquelle nous devons nous tenir avant de pouvoir observer et embrasser l’océan, l’élément de l’eau, avec toute sa turbulence et sa puissance. Avant de remplacer ma hanche, je veux comprendre la leçon qu’elle m’a enseignée. Je veux comprendre pourquoi elle s’est brisée, pour guérir la cause profonde—mes pensées.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>Alors je m’entraîne. D’abord dans l’eau, où le mouvement est doux. Comme si j’apprenais à faire confiance à nouveau. Apprendre à me tenir debout, à bouger, à retrouver de la force avant de poser tout mon poids sur mon corps.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>Dans ma préparation pour cette exposition, je filme l’océan de Biarritz—chaque mois, pendant une semaine, depuis août. Une partie de ces images, capturées avec l’aide du photographe Stef Van Alsenoy, fera partie de l’exposition.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>Lors d’une méditation, j’ai peint une œuvre totalement nouvelle pour moi—une rose des vents. J’ai immédiatement senti qu’elle était une offrande, un geste de gratitude envers l’océan. Et lorsque je l’ai montrée à mon coach, Didier Charvet (entraîneur olympique de voile), il a vu sa place : sur les voiles d’une nouvelle génération de cargos conçus pour réduire les émissions de carbone. Il a vu qu’elle pouvait apporter de la lumière.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1916" height="764" src="http://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/navigation.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1973" srcset="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/navigation.jpg 1916w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/navigation-300x120.jpg 300w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/navigation-1024x408.jpg 1024w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/navigation-768x306.jpg 768w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/navigation-1536x612.jpg 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1916px) 100vw, 1916px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">En méditation, nous devons apprendre à nous orienter à l&#8217;intérieur de notre corps (élément terre), avec les Maoris apprendre à naviguer sur l&#8217;océan aussi commence sur la terre.</figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>Je ne prétends pas savoir naviguer l’océan. Mais je sais que si je veux placer une peinture sur des voiles en mer, je dois travailler avec quelqu’un qui le fait. Quelqu’un qui, depuis son enfance, rêve de faire corps avec la pirogue.  C’est pourquoi j’ai choisi Didier Charvet comme coach et guide. Pour m’aider à guérir mon corps, comme il a guéri le sien. Pour m’apprendre à ressentir le vent, à me tenir debout sur une planche malgré ma blessure, malgré ma difficulté à retrouver l’équilib</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><br>Les Maoris disent :</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>Quand tu deviens un voyageur de l’océan,  </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Tu dois te donner à la mer. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Tu dois connaître les habitudes de la pirogue, </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Comment elle bouge, comment elle glisse,</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"> Comment rester stable dans une tempête.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"> Tu dois savoir naviguer, </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Savoir te positionner dans l’océan quand le temps se déchaîne. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Pour te tenir fort, </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Tu dois être prêt—mentalement, physiquement et spirituellement.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><br>C’est cet appel que je ressens </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1914" height="690" src="http://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.water_.png" alt="" class="wp-image-1971" srcset="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.water_.png 1914w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.water_-300x108.png 300w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.water_-1024x369.png 1024w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.water_-768x277.png 768w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.water_-1536x554.png 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1914px) 100vw, 1914px" /></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>C’est pourquoi je veux peindre la rencontre du Mont Fuji—symbole ultime de stabilité, inébranlable face aux tempêtes—et de l’océan de Biarritz, un flot incessant de mouvement et de puissance.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>Didier m’a parlé des Maoris. Sans le savoir, j’avais déjà dessiné une de leurs embarcations. Il m’a parlé du mot Aotearoa—Nouvelle-Zélande. Ce mot a vibré en moi. Il résonne avec force, avec la puissance de se tenir debout.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1920" src="http://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.web_-1-scaled.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1995" srcset="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.web_-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.web_-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.web_-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.web_-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.web_-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pirogue.web_-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">L&#8217;artiste Nathalie Ishizuka, esquisse rapide pour Didier Charvet et un logo pour sa carte de visite. Sans le savoir, cela ressemble aux pirogues maories.</figcaption></figure>



<p class="has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><em>Le mot AOTEAROA a vibré en moi. Il résonnait avec force, avec le pouvoir de se tenir debout.</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>Je crois qu’à travers la méditation sur les éléments terre et eau, et en traduisant ces méditations en formes physiques—par la peinture, par l’action—je compléterai une partie de mon voyage. Je demanderai pardon à l’océan pour toutes les façons inconscientes dont je l’ai pollué, et je chercherai à purifier ma conscience de l’intérieur.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph">Parrainage : Ressentir la Navigation de l’Intérieur et de l’Extérieur</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>Je cherche un sponsoring de résidence artistique pour voyager en Nouvelle-Zélande avec Didier Charvet, pour passer du temps auprès des Maoris et comprendre comment ils naviguent, tant physiquement que spirituellement. À travers cette expérience, cette méditation et nos réflexions partagées, je créerai de nouvelles œuvres—des peintures qui incarnent cette quête d’équilibre et d’ancrage.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>Ce projet s’intègre directement à mon exposition « Le Mont Fuji rencontre l’Océan », et je crois que ce voyage approfondira ma compréhension de ces thèmes, me permettant d’apporter quelque chose de puissant et tangible à l’exposition.<br></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">J’invite des sponsors à soutenir ce voyage—non seulement comme une quête personnelle, mais comme une exploration de comment nous pouvons nous tenir debout, naviguer et créer en harmonie avec le monde qui nous entoure.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Gratitude Pour Les Images et Informations sur Les Maoris par Arte, Gratitude a l&#8217;Ocean</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/116292-003-A/la-nouvelle-zelande-en-pirogue">https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/116292-003-A/la-nouvelle-zelande-en-pirogue</a></p>



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		<title>Pierre Marcolini and the Four Elements in Chocolates</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathalie Ishizuka]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 22:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cher Monsieur Marcolini, «&#160;Et si chaque chocolat évoquait un ÉLÉMENT présent dans tout ce qui vous entoure,vous réconforte, incluant votre propre corps ?&#160;» Dans le chocolat comme à l&#8217;intérieur de vous-même, trouverez-vous: L’ ÉLÉMENT TERRE: la Terre Noire, l&#8217;Équilibre Naturel, un Jardin Enchanté, des Racines Profondes, la Sérénité Terrestre, l&#8217;Instant Présent ? L’ ÉLÉMENT AIR:<p class="more-link-wrapper"><a href="https://nathalieishizuka.art/pierre-marcolini-and-the-four-elements-in-chocolates/" class="more-link">Continue Reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Pierre Marcolini and the Four Elements in Chocolates"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cher Monsieur Marcolini,</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">«&nbsp;Et si chaque chocolat évoquait un ÉLÉMENT présent dans tout ce qui vous entoure,<br>vous réconforte, incluant votre propre corps ?&nbsp;»</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dans le chocolat comme à l&#8217;intérieur de vous-même, trouverez-vous:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>L’ ÉLÉMENT TERRE: la Terre Noire, l&#8217;Équilibre Naturel, un Jardin Enchanté, des Racines Profondes, la Sérénité Terrestre, l&#8217;Instant Présent ?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>L’ ÉLÉMENT AIR: un Souffle Léger, une Brise Enchanteresse, un Nuage de Délice, une Évanescence Aérienne, un Tourbillon Doux, ou une Volupté Céleste?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>L’ ÉLÉMENT EAU: une Délicate Ondulation, une Fluidité Exquise, une Sensation Aquatique, une Note Aqueuse Rafraîchissante ou des Ondes Délicates de Plaisir ?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>L’ ÉLÉMENT FEU: la Flamme Ardente, des Éruptions de Saveurs, un Rayonnement Rougeoyant, une Torréfaction Intense, ou une Incandescence Exquise ?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><br>Je souhaite qu&#8217;un jour l&#8217;on reconnaisse ces 4 éléments en toutes choses, y compris le chocolat, la haute cuisine, la mode, mes œuvres d&#8217;art et surtout en nous-mêmes, le plus grand miracle.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nathalie Ishizuka</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://assets.artplacer.com/virtual-exhibitions/?i=12919" data-type="link" data-id="https://assets.artplacer.com/virtual-exhibitions/?i=12919">Voir Logo de Pierre Marcolini et Les Oeuvres d’Art<br>https://assets.artplacer.com/virtual-exhibitions/?i=12919</a></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="792" height="1024" src="http://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Kizuna.web_.fullybooked-792x1024.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-1102" srcset="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Kizuna.web_.fullybooked-792x1024.jpeg 792w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Kizuna.web_.fullybooked-232x300.jpeg 232w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Kizuna.web_.fullybooked-768x993.jpeg 768w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Kizuna.web_.fullybooked-1188x1536.jpeg 1188w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Kizuna.web_.fullybooked-1583x2048.jpeg 1583w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Kizuna.web_.fullybooked.jpeg 1946w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px" /></figure>



<p class="has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph">LETTER TO PIERRE MARCOLINI : THE FOUR ELEMENTS AND CHOCOLATES</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dear Mr. Marcolini,</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;What if each chocolate evoked an ELEMENT present in everything that surrounds you, comforts you, including your own body?&#8221;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In chocolate, as within yourself, will you find:</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>The EARTH ELEMENT: Black Earth, Natural Balance, an Enchanted Garden, Deep Roots, Earthly Serenity, the Present Moment?</li>



<li>The AIR ELEMENT: A Light Breath, an Enchanting Breeze, a Cloud of Delight, Aerial Evanescence, a Soft Whirlwind, or Celestial Voluptuousness?</li>



<li>The WATER ELEMENT: A Delicate Ripple, Exquisite Fluidity, an Aquatic Sensation, a Refreshing Watery Note, or Delicate Waves of Pleasure?</li>



<li>The FIRE ELEMENT: The Blazing Flame, Eruptions of Flavors, a Glowing Radiance, Intense Roasting, or Exquisite Incandescence?</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I hope that one day these four elements will be recognized in all things, including chocolate, haute cuisine, fashion, my works of art, and above all, in ourselves—the greatest miracle.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nathalie Ishizuka</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">See Pierre Marcolini Logo and Artworks <a href="https://assets.artplacer.com/virtual-exhibitions/?i=12919">Link to Virtual Exhibition</a></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="369" src="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Chocolate-Boxes-White-Wall-1024x369.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1683" srcset="https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Chocolate-Boxes-White-Wall-1024x369.jpg 1024w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Chocolate-Boxes-White-Wall-300x108.jpg 300w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Chocolate-Boxes-White-Wall-768x277.jpg 768w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Chocolate-Boxes-White-Wall-1536x554.jpg 1536w, https://nathalieishizuka.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Chocolate-Boxes-White-Wall-2048x739.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Propositions for Four Boxes of Chocolates : Earth, Water, Air and Fire.   In Asia, the box in which chocolates are kept are as important as the contents.  Vibrational boxes of beauty and presentation are vital to an intimate experience.</figcaption></figure>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">SEEKING NEW PARTNERS FOR ARTISTIC CREATION AND DISCOVERY OF THE FOUR ELEMENTS BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In March 2024, Nathalie Ishizuka envisioned a unique collaboration with Pierre Marcolini for an event at the Japanese Embassy. Her idea was to sponsor a collection of paintings representing the four elements, accompanied by an interactive musical experience that would engage the audience with the artwork. Ishizuka&#8217;s vision extended beyond just seeing, hearing, and moving with the paintings—she wanted the public to taste the elements in a meditative experience.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">However, due to the Marcolini group&#8217;s extensive expansion in Asia, with a considerable number of new shops opening at the same time, Ishizuka was unable to connect or meet with Pierre Marcolini to propose his sponsorship for the event at the Japanese Embassy. Despite this, the experience sparked her imagination, leading her to explore new creative collaborations with Michelin-starred chefs and other culinary artists who have the ability to transform their craft with innovation.</p>



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<iframe loading="lazy" title="Kizuna : Bonds that Unite. Art Exposition Commemorating March 11 Tsunami Earthquake &amp; Nuclear Crisis" width="760" height="428" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-dDVzvEnkSU?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ishizuka&#8217;s approach is always driven by spontaneity and intuition.  &#8220;I was immediately attracted to Marcolini, because I foremost enjoy his chocolates, but also because of his presence in Japan a country for which I feel a deep affinity and love.  I want to re-invent things in Japan with great artists, with innovative creators and Marcolini is always open to innovation and expansion.  And there is nothing more expansionary in the universe, then meditation,&#8221; says Ishizuka with a laugh.  </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ishizuka&#8217;s style involves making direct, unplanned contact—whether by visiting the Marcolini shop in Sablon just before Christmas, reaching out to his new CEO from HEC (Ishizuka&#8217;s alma mater), or contacting the company&#8217;s headquarters.  Ideally, she would just like to bump into him and see if there is a fit.  </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ishizuka continues to savor Marcolini&#8217;s dark chocolates and wishes him success in Japan and beyond. Ishizuka hopes their paths will cross one day, perhaps in Japan or through a shared meditation.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nathalie remains inspired and open to collaborating with Mr. Marcolini and his team, as well as with other chefs, chocolatiers, tea makers, and creators of sweet delicacies for the tea ceremony.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">With a family background in Michelin-starred cuisine—her French side of the family includes an uncle chef who had the good fortune to have as a short stagiere Alain Ducasse when he was starting out—Ishizuka remains drawn to chefs who are also artists and to those who aspire to reduce sugar in sweets and innovate and expand into new realms.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">She is also open to the idea of meditating with chefs and their teams during the process of selecting, preparing, and creating the finest ingredients. For her, everything matters, including the packaging, which she views as an essential part of preserving and sharing the energy and vibrancy of something living and beautiful.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph">CHEFS, CHOCOLATIERS IN FRANCE, BELGIUM OR TOKYO, TEA MAKERS, &amp; THOSE WHO WORK WITH PEOPLE IN MEDITATION AND TEA CEREMONIES CONTACT THE ARTIST DIRECTLY FOR POSSIBLE NEW CREATIONS</p>



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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2024 07:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[MOBILE phone: press WEBKIZUNA (in small Blue print) On Large Screen scroll to Read the Kizuna Tale at Your Ease If Difficulty Ask the Embassy Staff to Show You an Original Paper Version Kept on Display. Must sign in or give ID card to read original paper version at Japanese Embassy as only one Copy.<p class="more-link-wrapper"><a href="https://nathalieishizuka.art/kizuna-story/" class="more-link">Continue Reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Kizuna Story"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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<h4 class="wp-block-heading">MOBILE phone:  press WEBKIZUNA (in small Blue print)</h4>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On Large Screen scroll to Read the Kizuna Tale at Your Ease  </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">If Difficulty Ask the Embassy Staff to Show You an Original Paper Version Kept on Display.  Must sign in or give ID card to read original paper version at Japanese Embassy as only one Copy.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wish to have a printed copy of book or Original Painting with music from the Artists and video footage in the future leave a professional card or email nathalie.ishizuka@gmail.com to be informed availability.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wish to make a musical or opera out of the story : contact nathalieishizuka@gmail.com</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[Artist Nathalie Ishizuka, Kizuna One Pointed Focus, Original, Shodo Ink, with Watercolor on Paper and Canvas, 80cm x 60cm, Brussels Collection, Exhibition Kizuna, Japanese Embassy, Brussels Belgium, March 5-22 2024. Contact: nathalie.ishizuka@gmail.com Artist Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nathalieishizuka.art Artist Website : https://www.nathalieishizuka.art KIZUNA : THE ENDURING BONDS Exhibition Kizuna : Embassy of Japan in Belgium March 5th –<p class="more-link-wrapper"><a href="https://nathalieishizuka.art/kizuna-one-pointed-focus/" class="more-link">Continue Reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Kizuna, One Pointed Focus"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Artist Nathalie Ishizuka, Kizuna One Pointed Focus, Original, Shodo Ink, with Watercolor on Paper and Canvas, 80cm x 60cm, Brussels Collection, Exhibition Kizuna, Japanese Embassy, Brussels Belgium, March 5-22 2024.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Contact: nathalie.ishizuka@gmail.com</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Artist Instagram:  <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nathalieishizuka.art">https://www.instagram.com/nathalieishizuka.art</a></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Artist Website : <a href="https://www.nathalieishizuka.art">https://www.nathalieishizuka.art</a></p>



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<p class="has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph">KIZUNA : THE ENDURING BONDS</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Exhibition Kizuna : Embassy of Japan in Belgium March 5th – March 22nd 2024, Rue Van Maerlant 1, 1040 Brussels (10:00-12:00 and 13:30-16:00), Week Days Only, Embassy Hours.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Japanese embassy of Brussels is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition, Kizuna: the Bonds that Unite us All, featuring the artist Nathalie Ishizuka and her most recent work on the Four Elements (earth, water, air and fire) and the Crane Wife Re-Told. Over thirty paintings exhibited.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The exhibition Kizuna is born from Ishizuka working full time for over ten years with the Philosopher Dr. Paul Briot and artists after the March 11, 2011 crisis (nuclear, earthquake, tsunami) on the use of art to elevate in crisis.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ishizuka was sent to Japan after March 11 disaster by Dr. Briot to find, select, and work with great Japanese traditional artists and masters from several disciplines who could through their art create a moment of silence within the viewer. “I thought I was coming to contribute something to the artists,” says Ishizuka, “but it was them who were training me.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While Ishizuka comes herself from a family of artists including her grandfather who painted the designs of ships and kimonos, she had no formal training in art. She was a meditator with no experience in the arts.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ishizuka had to find and become the disciple of each Japanese master, before hoping to meditate with one or create with another. She did not learn techniques of sumie, ninon buyo (dance), shodo, japanese architecture or other (which would have taken several lifetimes says Ishizuka), but the way of being of each artist.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nathalie’s meditations and deep friendships with Japanese masters for over ten years such as Saiso Shimada after March 11, 2011 lead to herself become an artist.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“I became an artist, by a fortunate accident,” says Ishizuka. “I loved painting and creation as a child, but never imagined to have the freedom to paint and create from one’s inner imagination. Nor the grace of such artists who carried art from within.”</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Series of Japanese Cranes Shodo and Acrylic Inspired by Hokusai</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Within the exhibition are twelve paintings of cranes painted on Japanese shodo paper on Canvas with gold leaf and acrylic. Each painting is named after a virtue that Ishizuka believes carried the Japanese throughout the crisis and that can be experienced by each of us: <em>Unity, Intuitive Action, Roll with Waves, Let Go, Open Heart, Stand Tall, Truth Within, Imagination, Extend, One Pointed Focus: Life, Living Blue Threads and Face the Sun.</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">These twelve paintings recount the story she wrote and illustrated after the tsunami and nuclear incident to share the message behind a letter co- authored with Dr. Briot. At that time Ishizuka states, “Dr. Briot entrusted me totranslate the letter to Japanese friends which asks artists to elevate us, but it was so deep, no one wanted to translate into Japanese. No one.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“I left no stone untouched,” says Ishizuka. “I even asked Haruki Murakami, through his editor if he could help us. He liked the letter to Japanese friends but does not translate. Finally, when faced with resistance,” says, Ishizuka, “you have to be open to another path.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“I decided to take a fable that the Japanese knew and loved, The Crane Wife (tsuru no ongaeshi) and change the fable to illustrate the main point of the letter, <em>that each of us are threads, </em>and that together with our inner imagination and manifestation we can create bonds that can change the earth.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The crane in the story is the white bobbin in Dr. Paul Briot’s poem, “The White Spindle” . The poem reads,</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>A white bobin quivers. It links earth and sky.</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>A thread unites man with God.<br>We are that thread.</em></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph">– Paul Briot, published in The Radiant..An Art towards the Infinite?” 2018 version, Publisher Caracteres</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The drawings are inspired by Hokusai. Ishizuka drew them in his simple style of using one fine black line and a simple red dot. “There is something in his minimalist cranes,” says Ishizuka “that radiates great strength and beauty.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“These twelve cranes that tell the tale of the Crane Wife in the exhibition are surrounded by paintings of the four elements. At the time of the tsunami, earthquake and nuclear incident, I had believed that man alone with God or the universe could overcome together. That we could re-invent ourselves,” says Ishizuka. “At the time, I was not yet aware in my meditations of the elements of earth, water, air and fire,” says Ishizuka. “These four elements are within each of us and embody the whole universe. Alone without them, we are nothing.”</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">PAINTINGS, MUSIC, DANCER INTERACT TO EXPERIENCE A TALE OF ELEVATION AT EXHIBITION OPENING EVENT ON THURSDAY MARCH 7, 2024</p>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Creating unique sounds of an Ancient Japan with a modern instrument for the Crane in the Ishizuka Fable to Dance with the Paintings</h4>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">March 7, 2024   Kizuna :  The Bonds that Unite Us All</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We celebrate the talent of Yuina Takamizo, saxophonist for a special appearance at the Japanese Embassy on March 7, 2024.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Yuina Takamizo, a saxophonist born in 1990 in Akita, Japan, has been based in Belgium since 2013. She began playing the saxophone at the age of 12 after several years of piano training. She earned her Bachelor&#8217;s degree in music from Senzoku Gakuen College of Music in Japan in 2013 under the guidance of Shinichi Iwamoto, and graduated with distinction from her Master&#8217;s program at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in 2017, studying with Alain Crepin and Simon Diricq.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Following two recitals on the theme related to her Master&#8217;s thesis, &#8220;Women in Contemporary Music&#8221; (March 2017: Maison Culturelle Belgo-Roumaine Arthis, June 2017: Auditorium of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels), she regularly performs at cultural events dedicated to female creation (December 2019: &#8220;De la Force poésie <del>Cinq poétesses roumaines</del>,&#8221; Europalia, Brussels, March 2020: Literary meeting <del>Paroles de femmes à Bruxelles</del>, Maison Culturelle Belgo-Roumaine Arthis, Brussels).</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her group Duo Kanadé, a project conceptualized from the musical eclecticism of Japanese-Western fusion, collaborates with Aki Sato, a musician specializing in traditional Japanese music (Koto and Shamisen). They have held several concerts, notably at Japanese public institutions in Belgium. Collaborating with Miko Shimura, a contemporary dancer, Duo Kanade has performed in school performance projects for the Federation des Jeunesses Musicales Wallonie-Bruxelles in 2022-2023.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The film &#8220;La ballade de Yuina,&#8221; produced as part of the cultural promotion of the 2019-2020 academic year at UCLouvain FUCaM Mons, was successful following its screening at the opening lecture (October 2019, Auditorium, UCLouvain FUCaM Mons).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">With a Master&#8217;s degree in Didactics from the Royal Conservatory of Mons, she now teaches in various educational institutions in the Brussels and Walloon regions, including the Academie d&#8217;Arlon, la Botte du Hainaut, and ARTS2 Ecole Superieure des Arts.</p>



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					<description><![CDATA[Artist Attelier Group Exhibition, Opening Night December 2021 over 300 + visitors in Red Alert Storm Nathalie Ishizuka exhibits the Four Elements: Earth, Water, Air and Fire Nathalie Ishizuka paints the Four Elements: Earth, Water, Air and Fire Thank you to the Artists in Biarritz, who continue to paint and elevate in rain, sun or<p class="more-link-wrapper"><a href="https://nathalieishizuka.art/group-exhibition-biarritz-serres-de-milady-france-december-2021/" class="more-link">Continue Reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Group Exhibition, Biarritz, Serres de Milady, France, December 2021"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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<p class="has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph">Nathalie Ishizuka exhibits the Four Elements: Earth, Water, Air and Fire</p>



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<p class="has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph">Nathalie Ishizuka paints the Four Elements: Earth, Water, Air and Fire</p>



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<p class="has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph">Thank you to the Artists in Biarritz, who continue to paint and elevate in rain, sun or storm </p>



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