Cloud 9 in the 7th Heaven

For the highest happiness of inner transformation

Baudelaire had a stranger speak in his poem.

- I love the clouds... the passing clouds... over there... over there...

the marvelous clouds !

Me,too.

And I know that we human souls are inherently more beautiful, greater and freer than those gorgeous clouds that continue to fascinate me.

As Mahatma Gandhi said,

'The human soul is stronger than the atomic bomb'.

-Setsuko Chiba

Setsuko chooses the fascinating clouds moving freely across the sky as a common visual language that transcends all differences to raise awareness of the global issues we face today - climate change, human rights abuses and environmental problems, and also to convey great love of Mother planet.

These pieces are visualised poems based on her philosophy of the dignity of life and love as a poet.

Like a celestial wanderer, Setsuko found her muse in the grandeur of the heavens. Inspired by dancing and floating clouds with sun shining, stardust and the kiss of the moonbeam, she gave birth to Cloud9 in the 7th heaven, pure bliss.

Perhaps it was the robe of sparkling dawn and the velvety embrace of twilight, or the whispers of constellations in cosmic space, that urged her soul to dance upon imgination, creating galaxies, dreams and ethereal enchantments.

In the seventh heaven, where angels tread, she glimpsed secrets the mortal world had shed. Her wings unfurled, whispering tales of love, resilience and celestial trails.

Setsuko's heart, a compass pointing skyward, guided her hands as if inspired by starlight. She created hope with the colours of nebulae, and wove poetry into the Milky Way. But she knew it was no illusion. She knows it has lived in our hearts and souls beyond all differences. And she tells us, in the language of the clouds, that inner transformation is what truly carries us peace and freedom.