Wonderful pictures painted by children at Nemunoki Gakuen – Humans understand whether a work of art is good or bad not intellectually but physically

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Wonderful pictures painted by children at Nemunoki Gakuen – Humans understand whether a work of art is good or bad not intellectually but physically

I’m going to introduce pictures painted by children at *Nenunoki Gakuen. Every work is very splendid. For example, I feel sense of light rhythm in the second picture “Flowers waiting for spring.” I’m overwhelmed by the composition and expression of the third picture “Two in a hydrangea.”

I got the impression that the seventh picture “God of learning” can be used as design of tote bags. By the way, I have linked the works of Mr. Kazumasa Nagai, a leading figure in the design world, who was on a jury at the competition for Tokyo Olympics Game’s design emblem. Please compare them with children’s pictures.

Am I the only person that thinks children’s works are overwhelmingly superior to his works? At least I can breathe deeply when seeing children’s pictures. Humans understand whether it is good or bad not intellectually but physically. If a type of person who you don’t like comes in an elevator, you naturally stop breathing. The same thing will happen in works of art.

(Note)

*Nemunoki Gakuen – Nursing care facility for physically handicapped children, whose director is Ms. Mariko Miyagi

September 9, 2015

Masatoshi Takeshita

English translation of an excerpt from a Japanese blog: Nemunoki Mura –

Bright fall

By Toshimitsu Honme

www.nemunoki.or.jp/gallery/toshimitsu/index2.html