秋の花に鶉図
"What is meant by painting a plain quail beneath splendid flowers?"
📝ONGO's Reflection
This is an autumn bird-and-flower painting by Tosa Mitsuoki of Japan. Beneath finely blooming autumn flowers, a quail of plain color buries its head. The flowers seem the protagonists of the surface, yet the gaze comes at last to rest on the small bird nestled to the ground. In this contrast I see the place of true worth. The splendid draws the eye but cannot make it linger. Where the heart truly reaches is the plain thing that keeps its place without clamor. The being that, without straining to stand out, quietly holds its place is what in the end holds the gaze. True worth shines beside splendor.
🌱Apply It Today
Rather than letting your eye be stolen by the splendid, look again at what quietly, without clamor, keeps its place.
