20241020 Album Release One-Man Show "life is 〇〇"

October 20, 2024
Katsura's first full album "Life is Beautiful" release one-man show "life is 〇〇"!!

I had the pleasure of singing at LIVE & BAR Aruru in Nagoya💐

Thank you to everyone who came out.
The fact that you were there was warm and precious.

We invited painter Daichi Mori as a guest for a collaborative performance.

Right next to where I was performing, Mori-san let his brush run across the canvas to complete a painting.
As always, I focused on "myself" while singing, but every now and then I felt Mori-san's presence, and the sense of reassurance, warmth, and loneliness I gained from that—all of it made me, and perhaps the very atmosphere of the room, come alive.

Every so often, when I glanced at the canvas, I saw the painting progressing and Mori-san looking back at me with a beaming smile; that scene left a deep impression on me.

That moment was so intense that I don't really remember what it felt like or what exactly happened, but even though I don't remember, I feel that something was etched into me. Etched into my heart, my body, or perhaps some part beyond both.

Thinking that I can carry this fleeting experience with me as I live into the future makes tears well up in my eyes.
It is my talisman.

With what do we come into this life?

What will we let go of when we reach the end?

Born and giving birth, living and dying.

I thought it was beautiful.