A pillow equipped with a motor is placed on an acrylic bed, making it appear to breathe. A video of milk overflowing from a glass is projected on one wall. On another wall is a letter I received a year ago (inscribed with a Finnish philosophy: "To live is to die; all living things are always moving, nothing stands still").

Dear Akiko,
Let me express my condolences on your father's passing.
I need to tell you that I do not know how is Japanese cultural relationship to death. In Finland we use to say living is dying. Life is moving all the time, nothing is stable. Let me know your new address, I wanted to send you a
letter a long time ago. I have been in Italy and in Sweden. Now I am trying to
find out what to do in Finland! While in Germany, you have to come to visit me.
Best regards,
Love,
Paivi

The most basic human movement is breathing: in, and out. The work externalizes the act of breathing, which we normally don't pay much attention to. By continuing to watch the pillow's monotonous, repetitive movements, breathing: in, and out, we see what it means to be alive, and at the same time, we are reminded of the emptiness of "non-existence." The flowing milk is ever-flowing life, and the flowing clouds are ever-flowing time.
The pillow, video, and letter are all in constant, subtle movement. Slight movement expresses stillness. The appearance of an invisible person sleeping leaves room for the viewer's imagination, and is also an expression of sleep (life or death) itself.