Haruki Nanmei Kachozu 春木南溟筆 花鳥図双幅
"What harmony do flowers and birds, drawn divided across two panels, compose?"
📝ONGO's Reflection
This is a paired flower-and-bird painting by the Japanese artist Haruki Nanmei. The flowers and birds are drawn divided across two panels, yet the two call to each other and compose one scene. Though it came from the tradition of Japanese painting, its structure holds a universal principle. I see, in this pair, the beauty of things that form a couple. There is a balance completed only when two that lie apart are set facing each other. Rather than one trying to fill everything alone, a relationship that fills each other's empty places is more whole. By facing each other, the two grow deeper.
🌱Apply It Today
Do not try to fill everything alone; keep near you a counterpart to fill each other's empty places.
