Flower Illusion Syndrome

• Photographer
  Eitetsu Araki
• Technical Info
  1/125,f2.8,iso1600
• Photo Date
  2025.7.8

“Flower Illusion Syndrome”—a strange affliction that transforms the body into hard mineral, robs it of consciousness, and eventually brings life to an end like a single blossom. Captured in this photograph is the solemn and beautiful moment of the water burial ceremony. Wind and water gently dissolve its existence, and all returns once more to the vast embrace of nature—. This work reflects not only the sorrow of a life lost, but also the beauty of its transformation and return, and the ancient faith and spirit of compassion that sees humanity as part of nature's cycle.