Little Things

"Little Things" — an unusual title that may refer to a parable about small but significant acts of faith, or to the value of the humble and overlooked in the Kingdom of God — reflects Watanabe's interest in the ethical dimensions of Christian teaching as much as its narrative drama. The katazome stencil technique, associated with the Japanese folk-craft tradition's celebration of ordinary things well made, is particularly suited to a subject that honors what is small and undervalued. The print is likely a thematically meditative rather than narratively specific work.