Even the distorted turquoise blue eye
Is a blessing
My thoughts wander into the spirit of time immemorial


Through all ages and civilization there was a culture where handicap was considered a blessing, expressed as “spirit of time immemorial”. For example, in Japan, the gods that appear in the Kojiki (Japan’s oldest record) such as Izanami, the child of Izanagi, was handicapped and called Hilko or Ebisu in Japanese mythology. Fukusuke (bringer of good luck) and Shichifukujin (Seven Gods of good fortune) were also handicapped.
The same belief existed in the ancient western world. I remember being told by a designer at the exhibition of tablecloths that I visited long ago that the asymmetrical pattern is expressing disability and not an accidental mistake. The one eye of the woman in the painting is distorted but I also have a disfigured eye from leprosy. The color turquoise expresses silence.
The handicapped and the non-handicapped are coexisting side by side to express that all people are equal in value.