-enfd-5310- Mao Ichimichi - A Distant Shore- !!link!! -

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Finally, the title resolves. Under a real moon (no lighting rigs), Mao sits on a rocky shore as the tide comes in. She wears a deep navy blue bikini that blends with the night sky. Unlike the frantic energy of Gokaiger , she moves slowly. She touches the water; she pulls her knees to her chest. This is the "distant shore" of the soul. It is loneliness, but not sadness. It is the solitude required of an artist preparing to leave one life for another. -ENFD-5310- Mao Ichimichi - A Distant Shore-

Water imagery in visual art is almost universally associated with the passage of time—Heraclitus’s idea that "no man ever steps in the same river twice." In A Distant Shore , the shoreline becomes a metaphor for the fleeting nature of youth. The tides are ever-changing; the footprints left in the sand are washed away by the waves. The title suggests themes of: Finally, the title resolves