Flying Away

A bird, animal, or figure flying away from the viewer — the composition centered on the act of departure, the subject moving out of the frame into the space beyond the print. Flying away was a subject that combined the visual dynamics of motion with an emotional register of loss or release, the departing figure or bird leaving behind the space that the print describes. Kimura's contemporary treatment may present this as a bird in flight, a kite ascending, or an abstract expression of upward, outward movement.