DAY 159
Koike Chikyoku Kachozu 4
화조도
🖼 ONE LINE FROM THIS PAINTING
"What did the painter hold in a small bird and a single sprig of flowers?"
📝ONGO's Reflection
This is a Japanese bird-and-flower painting by Koike Chikyoku. Within the graceful, restrained emptiness characteristic of Japanese painting, a single bird and a flowering branch are placed. I feel that such a painting knows how to say much by drawing little. By emptying the surface rather than filling it, the one bird comes alive all the more clearly. It is a sense of beauty Japanese painting has cultivated, yet its lesson holds true everywhere. When the one thing left after paring away is clear, that one thing finally shines.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
Pause for a moment the heart that wants to fill, and consider calmly what you might pare away.
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📜 HANJA IN THIS WORK
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