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📝ONGO's Reflection

This is a flower painting from the Yuan dynasty by an unknown hand. It is an ink painting that calmly observed the form and grain of a single flower. Though it came from the tradition of Chinese painting, its gaze carries anywhere. I see, in this painting, the power of looking closely. Passing by, it is merely a single flower; but beheld long, the subtle grain of leaf veins and petals reveals itself. There is a world visible only to one who looks deeply. Real knowing begins not from seeing much quickly but from beholding one thing long. Observation is another name for love.