The garden at the Adachi Museum of Art is said to be the best Japanese garden in the world.
And for 21 consecutive years.
I went and saw it, too.
But to be honest, I was not impressed.
Beautiful is beautiful, but I felt it was the end of the story.
Not a single fallen leaf, not a single blade of grass, that's not nature.
No, I'm not belittling the superhuman efforts of the gardeners.
I aim for perfection! ...That is very Japanese.
But from an aesthetic point of view, I think it is questionable.
Because I believe that beauty is born from "broken tones".
Beauty does not reside in perfection.
The white sand in a clean stone garden is beautiful only because it is covered with fallen leaves blown by the wind.
It is the same with music.
Perfect music without any mistakes can be created by computers as much as possible nowadays.
But if you keep listening to such music, you will get tired of it.
You will never be moved by it.
To put a finer point on it, it is difficult for a human being to create a beautiful sound with perfect pitch, whether it is on the shamisen or guitar.
But that is not enough.
In order to create a sound that moves people's hearts, one must add a "tinge" to a correct and beautiful sound.
In shamisen playing, this is called "sawari.
In the Adachi Museum of Art garden, we want something to break up the perfection.
I would also like the visitors to enjoy the various ways of breaking it up.
Sorry for saying such a big thing (^_-)-☆.
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