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first dream

Actually、outside this picture。It's beautiful in the middle of nowhere

What people find beautiful (not necessarily things) is probably different for each person.、That's also important。even within the same person、During the period of growth and the process of deepening the spirit,、The target must also change。And、many are forgotten、being lost。Beauty is fleeting。

I was thinking in my first dream。myself、What do you think is truly beautiful?、and。Not that either、I'm choosing not to have this.、Suddenly, I thought, ``It might be snowing.''。
In hindsight、I started drawing snowy scenes on New Year's Day.、I imagined that it must have appeared in a dream.、before that、I wonder if I've been throwing away many beautiful things from myself.、I also remember being filled with sad thoughts.。
From inside the box of memories、With a feeling of panic、I am taking out the “beauty” that I have lost one by one (all of them are、I laugh at how flat it is, like a picture on paper.)。And、What suddenly appeared in my palm、It was snow stuck to small stones.。In my favorite forest、I was rubbing my fingers against the half-frozen snow.。

That's right、The color of the snow was not white。The color of the stone gradually becomes transparent、jagged、And the color is like a child's cheeks rubbed by the wind.、There are also one or two small needle-like crystals standing on top of it.。forever、I wish I could just draw it、I was thinking about this even after I woke up.。

Culture and “bunka”

This year's "beginning of drawing" is a cultural thing.

at the end of the night、Are you active now? I bought a book that introduced 150 illustrators of。All of them seem to be popular illustrators.、About half of them all look the same。I didn't know anyone's name。Even just that、I feel how far I am from the leading edge of “the times”。I'm painfully aware that it's outdated.、 I thought I'd like to know at least how many weeks I'm behind.。

But、That didn't matter.。Same race to begin with、We weren't in the same era。If it's just a drawing technique、Even if you are late, you can somehow recover.、What I can't keep up with is the sense that I find it interesting。A sense that is shared by the person drawing (illustrator) and the viewer。what's interesting、I don't understand.。You can't overcome it with just technique.、A kind of "culture shock"。that、Young people say, “It’s bunka.”。

I、I think I actually wanted to be an illustrator.、I think now。I've loved drawing since I was a child, but、It's not even a "sketching"、Moreover, it wasn't "art" or anything like that.。But、At that time、For elementary school students in rural areas (the word ``remote areas'' is already obsolete),、The word "illustrator" didn't even exist.。
A child who likes drawing、He was just a "lazy person who didn't help with housework"。。I drew a ``long story manga'' without even knowing it.、Instead of showing it to everyone、Have someone do the work for you、make a game、I drew pictures that matched it and handed them out to my friends.。I also drew backgrounds for country plays alongside adults.、I also drew lanterns for village festivals.、Ema and votive tablets dedicated to shrines、At the end of every year, I drew 1,000 pictures for my grandfather's New Year's cards.。it's not a painting、It was an illustration.、I understand now。

マンガもイラストも「ブンカ」。それをいわゆるオトナが「文化」と読みかえている時点で、“周回遅れ” 。SNSもYouTubeも「ブンカ」であって、いわゆる「文化」とリバーシブルになっているようなもの。それがあると知っていること、それを享受、利用していることの「一つ上にある」ブンカ。「スマホでメールが送れる」は、文化であっても「スマホのブンカ」ではない。そのメールに漂う「呼吸」。それがブンカなんですよ、surely。

明けましておめでとうございます

明けましておめでとうございます

everyone、明けましておめでとうございます。I pray that this year will be a good year for everyone.。me too、For now, I would like to take things one step at a time that I couldn't do last year.。please、Thank you very much。

This year's New Year's Day、Although it's a little windy in the town where I live,、Relatively warm (minimum temperature 2℃)、(Forecast for a minimum temperature of 12℃) Calm and sunny skies。My back feels good too、I don't have a hangover either、First production of the year in the afternoon、I'm thinking of taking a photo。

I used to feel guilty about taking the New Year off.、Whenever I went to work, I would be met with grimaces, saying, ``How dare you work on New Year's?''、I've become quite old these past few years.、I started to rest like the rest of the world.。It's not that there's anything wrong with taking a break.、I realized that the important thing is to decide for yourself.。My pedometer battery just died yesterday.、I just replaced it with a new one.。here we go、I'll take the first step。