Taiji Terasaki

Kahuna Performing Kava Ceremony

Living in Hawaii immerses us in a diversity of cultures that embrace, honor, celebrate, and perpetuate their beliefs through ceremony. Both kava and tea are grown on the island of Hawaii. Both kava and tea ceremonies are deeply rooted in tradition and embody the spiritual practices of each culture.

I use mist as an aesthetic methodology to blur the lines between the clearly visible and the underlying sublime.

Kava Plant

Kahuna and Apprentice - Kava Ceremony

Kava Ceremony Objects

Tea Leaf

Tea Master Performing Tea Ceremony

Tea Ceremony Participant

Tea Ceremony Objects