Grief made visible

On art, memory and the healing power of creation.

Motoi Yamamoto, Floating Garden Solo Exhibition Ernst Barlach Haus, Hamburg

In Japan, salt is sacred; extolled for its purifying and cleansing qualities since ancient times. It is central to rituals including marriages, childbirth and baptism. For Japanese funerals—Ososhiki—salt is laid in small piles called 'morishio’ outside the door of the funeral h…