Seeds of Thought: 夏へ向かう
Seeds of Thought: 夏へ向かう
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今、少し独特な空気があります。
まだ夏ではありません。けれど、光は変わり、緑は深まり、すべてがあの恐ろしい暑さへ向かい始めています。
今回の Seed of Thought は、その「境目」の感覚をたどるためのものです。
絵画、庭園、建築、音楽を通して、初夏へ向かうつながった空気を探っていきます。
There is a peculiar atmosphere. Not fully summer — yet clearly no longer spring. The light changes. The greens deepen. Everything begins moving toward the dreaded heat.
This Seed of Thought approaches that threshold through painting, gardens, architecture, and music. All as connected moods moving toward early summer.
Cover Image: Dust Motes Dancing in Sunbeams (1900), Vilhelm Hammershøi
— The Roadmap —
① Atmosphere → Pre-Raphaelites & Expression
From Waterhouse and Millais to the bold emotional force of Fauvism and Expressionism: how does painting give feeling form?
The complete Seed approaches late spring atmosphere through carefully chosen artworks, museum videos, and suggested field work.
② Space → Shadow & Architecture
As the heat rises, we begin searching for shade. And few places explore shadow and light more beautifully than the architecture of Tadao Ando.
The full Seed moves through Naoshima, organic architecture, contemplative space, and the relationship between nature and human dwelling.
③ Place → Roses, Gardens, & Human Atmosphere
Botanical gardens. Mature green. Roses at their peak. And something else: the strange gentleness nature draws out of people.
The complete version includes reflections on Kyoto Botanical Gardens, fieldwork, and the language of cultivated beauty.
④ Thresholds → Music & Rising Summer
The movement from spring into summer carries beauty — but also tension. Delibes’ Flower Duet. Arvo Pärt’s Tabula Rasa. Two radically different works exploring the feeling of transition.
The full Seed follows this threshold through music, atmosphere, and the unsettling emotional undercurrent of early summer.
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本編では、語彙サポート、映像、美術、建築、音楽、フィールドワークを通して、本格的な夏が来る前のこの短い「境目」の季節をさらに深くたどっていきます。
初夏へ向かう、この短い時期を味わうための Seed of Thought です。
あの暑さが本格的に始まる前に。
The complete Seed includes curated videos, art-historical resources, guided vocabulary support, architectural explorations, music, and fieldwork prompts designed to accompany this brief threshold before full summer arrives.
Before the furnace turns on.
- Derek
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