Student A from the Kobe Class
Today was Kobe class day.
Each of the students is working on something different.
A story about Student A.
I don't know if what I'm doing now is actually getting me closer to the goal. I'm anxious. Is this right?
I can't imagine this turning into a character.
It's true that they haven't reached the final work yet, and they are just trying out various techniques, and they are stoically quantifying and creating rules.
(For example, they are creating laws to satisfy themselves in detail, such as how many drops of ink to add to light ink to get this concentration.)
I am convinced that what this person is doing is definitely a way to get closer to the goal.
They must feel like they are lost in a fog or marking time.
Right now, you are in the stage of collecting many weapons for yourself.
Other people are going into battle with one weapon,
(judging whether it's a usable weapon or not after trying to fight with it)
but you are in a period of gathering things you can use while trying out various weapons first.
Someday you will become a weapon master!
Your work will come out all at once, overflowing!
Anyway, please believe in me.
And then,
As for 'Will this turn into a character?',
You don't have to force it into a character! It's fine to say 'This is Bokusho (ink imagery)!'.
If you want to write a character, you can write one, and if you don't want to force yourself to write a character, you don't have to.
Instead, take responsibility and insist to the viewer, 'This is the character for X'.
(This actually takes a surprising amount of courage.)
Well, at the very end, while showing me the results of what they did today, A said,
'The gradation here didn't go well...'
So I said,
'Hey! You should ask me about this way of writing! You could do it right away if you asked!'
They replied, 'Teacher, you're a Spartan, so I thought it was a case of think for yourself and manage on your own!... haha'
Oh... Jesus... haha
I am indeed a Spartan, but please ask me anything about technical 'how-to's'.
But
'Teacher, you're a Spartan' is something I don't dislike... haha
This is not done by using light ink first and then dark ink later.
It is written in one go.
Next time, I will teach A how to do it.