Just beautiful autumn leaves of ginkgo trees.
I never pick up any kind of magazines, but there is only one magazine that I subscribe to, Geijutsu Shincho (Shinchosha). I read every page from the first to the last.
I am not very good at drawing pictures, but I love to look at them, so this is where I get most of my art-related knowledge and information.
This month’s featured artist was Yoro Mengji. I also enjoyed the special interview with three people, including picture book author Shinsuke Yoshitake.
Among them, one sentence in the “Anatomy of Moshi Yoro” by Ms. Maho Adachi of Shinchosha left a deep impression on me.
When referring to the fact that Mr. Yoro Mengji rarely gets angry, he said
I have tried to distance myself from the existence of emotions. Whether mine or others’ … (omitted).” It seems that he is consciously trying to keep his energy away from the anger switch.
Geijutsu Shincho, November issue (Shinchosha)
I read it too quickly at first, but later I began to think, hey, wait a minute, “distancing oneself from emotions” is actually a very hard thing to do.
Is it possible because I am an anatomist who has been looking at the human body objectively, or is it possible because I have imposed it as part of my training? I have a feeling that the hurdle is not only quite high, but quite high.
This is a bit off topic, but it seems that philosopher Akiko Ikeda’s father was an editorial writer for a major newspaper company. At some point, he quit getting angry at all when he was working in the company. When his daughter, Ms. Ikeda, asked him the reason for this, he replied, “It wears out my intellect.
In other words, what they both may have had in common was that avoiding “emotions,” especially “anger” among them, is the most draining thing you can do to yourself.
Already, the term “anger management” has become common, but he said that it is, in other words, to protect oneself, not to avoid bothering others.
But is it really good or bad for creators to “keep a distance from emotions”?
Taro Okamoto says, “Art is an explosion! is somehow more correct. It is difficult.
Somehow, my mind is clearing up and autumn is deepening.
