Is It As Natural To Die As To Be Born?

A human skull rendered in a dense mosaic of orange, gold, and blue patterning—hexagonal honeycomb textures, cross-hatching, and mottled color fields—is outlined in white against a flat composition split between a black, speckled upper field and a solid sky-blue lower field. A flowering branch with white blossoms and green leaves extends across the top from the upper left, while small petal-like shapes float in the blue field below; a pale, elongated form curves behind the skull's lower right side. Yuki Ideguchi, *Is It As Natural To Die As To Be Born?*, 2015, canvas, gesso, acrylic, spray paint, and varnish.