“Between sea and sky (or, we could say, between life and death) Odysseus’s voyage proceeds with no reference points, with no certain knowledge, without a compass.Odissea The Odyssey Horiki talks of is no longer a book, it is life repeating itself unchanged, in an unaltered performance.

The image is not formed by applying colour, but by removing it. It comes from a light breath of colour, from overlaid glazes: the term “glaze” here does not refer to a technique, but to a metaphysical veil, a veil of light which settles on the canvas.