Hello and welcome, everybody! My name is Rin Mitsuhashi, and I am the creator and author of this digital space.
This website is born out of my deep passion for creation – and by that, I mean any type of creation. For me, creating is a way to connect with the world and its people in a true and authentic sense. As a natural introvert, verbal communication has always been challenging. Even when I could execute it well, it conveyed only a superficial and incomplete version of myself, failing to capture who I truly was.
In moments when I feel disconnected from my surroundings, creation always comes to my aid. It doesn’t matter how I create, what I create, or how well I create it. Through the act of creation itself, I find solace and connection, and regain the sense of myself. Whether it’s through calligraphy, drawing, or any other form of expression like cooking, I find comfort and fulfillment in bringing my inner world to life.
As you can see, my relationship with my artistic expression is extremely private. I have never called myself an artist or shared my work with the world. The aim of this website, too, is not to promote my art or advance my career as an artist. Instead, by making my art slightly more public than keeping it stored in my work desk drawer, I hope to strengthen my internal journey of self expression. With that being said, if my art can ignite your own creative spark and inspire you to embark on your own artistic endeavors, I would be honored.
A Little About Me
I’m born in 1994 in Miyazaki, Japan, where I spent the first 18 years of my life running across local mountains, collecting critters at rice fields, and “talking” to some gorgeous cedar trees. As soon as I finished high school, I moved to the United States and studied biology and international politics at a college in New England. After working in Connecticut, Ohio, Tokyo, Kansas, and Miyazaki, I finally settled in Seattle, WA with my partner and a lovely golden retriever.
Aside from artistic expression, I am trained in professional software development (both front-end and back-end), Google Apps Script, digital marketing, tech project management, and Japanese-English translation and interpretation. I am also an avid home cook.
Everything and every moment is your opportunity to learn and grow.
My grandfather