What is the difference between people who feel something when looking at a painting and those who don’t?
Thirty minutes before the start of the 1D1U Zoom Live: Sunday Hitomi Service, my niece called me on LINE early in the morning. I was just thinking about how to answer the SHS questions, but my niece seemed to have something she wanted to clear up right away, so I decided to listen to her.
Her task was to read a tanka poem and write a 60-character reflection. However, she said she couldn’t write a reflection because she felt nothing even after reading the poem and its modern translation.
I could relate to her feelings. There was a time when I had no reaction to paintings. To help her overcome this “no reaction” issue, I asked her several questions.
“How did you feel after reading the tanka?”
There are no right or wrong answers, but my niece repeatedly said, “I don’t know.” Eventually, she started saying things like, “I felt like my perspective broadened after reading it” and “I noticed the use of personification.”
So, I continued to ask more questions.
“When do you think this tanka was written?”
“Who do you think this tanka was written for?”
“For example, it might have been written for someone they will never meet again, or perhaps the girl in the poem had passed away,” I continued.
As my niece started to express her thoughts, I explained:
“The difference between people who feel something when looking at a painting and those who don’t is whether they have questions or not. Without questions, there are no answers. For example, when was this painting created? Why did the artist choose these colors? What was the artist thinking while painting? If questions arise, answers will follow. People who can express their thoughts have questions. In other words, people who can’t express their thoughts aren’t asking questions. By posing questions, they can draw out their own answers. So, people who can ask questions will get answers.”
My niece seemed very impressed, though I’m not sure if she truly understood. (Laughs) I plan to take her on a trip to an art museum soon to cultivate her sensitivity.
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