INSIGHT

 "FEEL KIYOMIZUDERA" is an ongoing project that captures the ever-changing "now" of the 1,250-year-old Otowasan Kiyomizu-dera Temple through photography and film. It continues to explore the form of modern prayer and the role of a temple in the contemporary world.

This photo book, born from the project, is centered on the concept: "Cherish the instant; live in the now." While the temple’s halls and pagodas may appear immutable, they breathe alongside the mountains—which shift their expression from morning to evening—and undergo constant, moment-to-moment transformation.

The volume features a carefully curated selection of scenes from a vast four-year archive. The pages unfold with a profound stillness, reminiscent of the spatial composition of the 2016 photography exhibition held at the temple’s Kyodo (Sutra Hall). This record of "landscapes of prayer," seen from within the temple and through the compassionate heart of Kannon Bosatsu (Avalokitesvara), offers deep INSIGHT to help us re-examine our own present moment.