Writing & Painting, and Music

*Japanese ver

In Japanese

"Kaku"

means

"Writing" and "Painting"

"Writing" & "Painting" have the same sound in Japanese

"Writings" and "Paintings"

Painting is a visual expression

From our eyes,
it goes straight to our emotions

• Eyes ----> Emotions

On the other hand, in writing,
one more step is required in between

First eyes,
then, rational processing,
and finally, emotions

• Eyes ----> "Decoding" ----> Emotions

Probably
one of the reasons why I grew attached to books

would be

this "decoding" process felt like a kind of protection

A protection for my emotions
A wall for my heart

From this standpoint,
music must be the most dangerous type of art

Music can reach our emotions far more directly than paintings

What's more,
we can't completely block out sound

Paintings, writings.......,
we can close our eyes and can reject them completely

Music.......,
we need a helper — our hands — to cover our ears

but yet, still unable to block the sound completely

Music can invade & erode one's emotions
so easily, so deeply

And probably that's why
his songs, his lyrics, his sense of beauty influenced me the most — more than books or paintings