a cloud evolves continuously and transforms with the sky.

it is not defined by a form or colour.

maybe like a cloud, i’m relentlessly transforming.

i create out of desire and curiosity.

to pursue the flow of everyday life.

to discover till its part of me.

my journey started in search of a way of life.

in this journey, i first encountered indigo.

in tokushima i was immersed in the transformation from a seed to a 

blue fabric.

indigo is delicate like a living being, a living dye.

starting an indigo vat is like giving birth to a new life.

when it is alive, you have to care for it like a human being.

it remains endlessly fascinating and full of wonder.

after returning to my home country in the equator,

i delved into the use of kaki shibu (persimmon dye).

this dye adores the strong sun.

it’s beauty comes through ageing with time.

over this period, the deep blue night sky of indigo,

and the warm sun of kaki shibu

held me captive.

in pursuit of a pure grey i started exploring soot dye

slowly, the gentle silent voice of grey shifted my heart.

it felt like being led to a tunnel.

i became curious about black, its darkness.

in sabah, i encountered a natural black dye using mud.

at the end of the tunnel

i took a step back

and realized that the fibers of each fabric are fascinating in themselves

colour was my language,

but i started seeing it as a shadow over 

something that it is already so beautiful in its natural shades.

used over and over again, natural fibers become lighter

eventually turning into white

it reminded me of a morning when i woke up to a world covered in snow.

with the beauty of white,

i realised this whole chapter was a kind of life cycle.

from indigo to kaki shibu to soot to black and to white. 

it felt like i had completed an arc of my life.

a cloud never dies, it just changes form. – thich nhat hanh