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the filter called body

Involuntarily、I opened my mouth.。Because what I did was written there.。It's a bit long, but I'll quote it:。-"for example、When you think of an apple, you mean a red, round fruit.。The dictionary meaning is already firmly established.、There are no cracks。But the poet、Breaking free from the shackles of words and meanings、find a completely different meaning。The cross section of an apple is likened to the slope of a cliff...''。It's like I was watching the moment when I connected the cliff and the apple (which led to the current Apple series).。

I read it this morning、In the Asahi Shimbun Digital series “AI and Us”、What Gunji Pegio Yukio said (by the way)、It's because Pegio likes penguins.)。But、next moment、I thought of something else。“To give an example、It's easy for everyone to understand."。It's not a flying idea、I just took a step to the side.、I guess that means。of course、I think I'm like that too.、I thought about it then and I think about it now.。

It also says。“More than AI itself.、More and more people are assuming that AI will help them understand everything in the world.、It’s scary (I made it a little shorter).”。Anatomist Mengiko Yoro said, ``AI cannot overcome the wall of stupidity.''。Don't make fun of your body、This is also connected to the fact that he says,。

When thinking about what to draw、(I don't do that much these days) First, I pick up a poetry collection.、I started by picking out words that seemed to evoke an image.。I don't think I was able to fully understand the content of the poem.、Ideas from words、Whether or not you can expand your imagination、It was necessary for my own experiences to overlap.。As long as words and meanings go back and forth through the “filter of the body”、Vibrant (individual) details emerge there.。A small protrusion scraped my arm - such physicality.、He supported the work.。The emptiness of images created by AI、I think that's exactly what it shows from the inside out.。

From what you can do

If you ask me, “From what I can do,”、Almost automatically, the next sentence comes to mind: “Start!”。If you have the experience of entering a Japanese elementary school,、In other words, almost all Japanese people have calluses on their ears.。But、After admission、about almost everything、You must decide for yourself the goal of “how far you want to go.”。That's、Everything is surprisingly heavy。

“Recommended” in many schools of thought、I think the first thing to do is to set a goal.。For example, ``I want to be able to use a computer.''。What you can do (start) is、Buy a computer。Although it looks normal at first glance、This is、“Goal” and “Start”、Isn't that an incredibly high hurdle? “Setting” itself、The hurdles are high.。

Before I bought a computer、The premise is that you don't know if you can use it properly.、It's impossible to "master" it.、What kind of computer should I buy and where?、Isn't it normal to have no idea? “Buying a computer” doesn’t happen all of a sudden.、The hurdles are too high, aren't they?。No matter how cheap it is、It's a purchase that costs tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of yen.。
At most、The goal is “About computers”、Lower the level to ``I know a lot of things.''。The starting point is “Where do I get my knowledge from?”、"know"。For those who are not familiar with computers、Even this、That's enough to be a goal.。

For the time being、Ask your children and grandchildren、Ask someone you know who uses it。Who can check it out themselves、He is already very knowledgeable about computers.。The picture is the same、maybe、It's probably similar for many others.。
in、What is the goal of the painting? “I want to be able to express myself (freely).”。This is、Isn't the hurdle extremely high? Still, I feel like the hurdle is still lower than ``knowing how to use a computer.''。that's why、Wouldn't it be okay to "lower it down" to the level of "knowing a lot about painting"?。In reality、It's unclear whether it's okay to say "lower".。“I know a lot of things” means “a lot of things”、It's surprisingly deep、surely。

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。