This series centers around a nostalgic, Japanese-inspired interpretation of everyday sights around Tel Aviv. Paul is deeply inspired by the ukiyo-e style of Japanese prints. The term ukiyo-e translates as “Pictures of the floating / transitory World,” with a suggestion that life and beauty are fleeting, and that people should revel in the pleasures of existence. I love this quote about this art style - “Live for the moment, look at the moon, the cherry-blossom and maple leaves… encounter with humor the poverty that stares you in the face and don’t be discouraged by it, let yourself be carried along the river of life like a calabash that drifts downstream, that is what ukiyo means.”
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