SM 15.8×22.7cm このコロナ禍で作者が一番感じたのは、人の優しさでした。イトルの「北風と太陽」は、イソップの寓話から取ったもので、物語はこんな感じです。 .次に太陽が燦々と輝きました。すると旅人は暑さに耐えられなくなり、今度は自ら上着を脱ぎました。 これで太陽の勝利となりました。 冷たく厳しい態度で人を動かそうとすると、かえって意固地になりますが、暖かく優しい言葉や態度で人は自ら行動を起こすことができます。 怖いコロナの存在を認め、お姫様のように優しく接してあげれば、怖いコロナも納得しておとなしくしてくれるのではないかと思いました。 丸くて愛くるしいアマビエ様がコロナをなだめる様子は、まるで太陽や菩薩のようです。コロナはアマビエ様の優しさに感動して泣いています。 コロナは存在感を際立たせるため立体的にしています。 What I felt most in this Corona Disaster was the kindness of people. The title "The North Wind and the Sun" comes from the fable of Isobel, The story goes something like this. ~~~~~*~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* The North Wind and the Sun Once upon a time, the North Wind and the Sun were arguing about who was the better to make a traveller take off his tops quicker. So they decided to have a contest to see who could make the traveler take off his jacket. First, the north wind blew with a powerful whistling sound and tried to blow the traveler's jacket off. However, the traveler who did not want to take his jacket off tightly, and the north wind could not make the traveler take off his clothes. Next, the sun shone brilliantly. Then the traveler could not stand the heat, and this time he took off his jacket himself. With this, the sun won the game. ~~~~~*~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* If you try to move people with a cold and harsh attitude, they will instead become stubborn, But warm and kind words and attitude can make people take action on their own. I wondered if perhaps the scary Corona would be satisfied and become docile if we acknowledged its existence and treated it gently like a princess. The work depicts a round, lovely Amabie-sama soothing the coronas, like the sun or a bodhisattva. The coronas are moved by Amabie's kindness and are crying. The coronas are three-dimensional in order to emphasize their presence.