I’ve been creating ephemeral boats. I need a “container” called a boat. Aging, caring for my aged family, facing disease, and parting with loved ones, I need a boat to keep myself from sinking in the merciless flow of time, to hold on to a dim hope. A boat is a container for hope. A boat that is born on a site and grows with the found materials there, accepting the local nature and the passage of time, will eventually decay and return to earth. I consider the entire process to be a work of art. After the exhibition, the boat will be dismantled and burned in a Dondo-Yaki (Japanese traditional fire ceremony). The boat itself will become a flaming “Mountain of Light” and return to where it should be.