“Being” is Naoneʻs largest wooden sculpture to date. It has been displayed at the University of Hawaii Manoa, The Waikiki Park Hotel, as well as the The Garage.

The mass series existed as a means to process to a few life events occurring simultaneously in the Spring of 2010.

A table that holds things below its surface. Function dictated by negative space. A carton of cigarettes, a sculpture by a friend, a flocked baby hammer, condom three pack, a salt and pepper shaker, a magazine, a tube of lip gloss - they live here in comfort because they’re supposed to.

Oiran (花魁) – high-ranking courtesans of the feudal period in Japan – wore tall, lacquered koma-geta or mitsu-ashi (literally, "three legs") when walking in a parade with their attendants.