Week 8: Intrigued by “The Pillowbook”

I was totally intrigued by this picture from the moment I saw it on the screen in class.
It is so beautiful, so warm, so deep, so intimate and so thought provoking. The quote, “a picture says a thousand words” really comes to life through this picture.

The two people in the picture seem to be so comfortable and so in tune even though they are not even looking at each other. There is a certain chemistry between them, and it is hard to pin point exactly what kind of chemistry that is. There is respect and love and trust and gentleness evident among other things. The lighting makes the picture very warm and almost cozy, but immediately steers you away from the coziness because of the passion in the picture. I do not know if it is the exotic nature of the picture that makes it seem so full of passion and intrigues me right away, but there is something very fiery about it. The tones definitely play a role in this.

It is a very sincere picture. This comes across through the expression on the faces of both, the man and the woman, and their deep involvement in the tasks at hand. It is very natural and believable, and does not give off an air of pretence. It does not look like it was posed. The sincerity adds immensely to the chemistry and the passion between the two people.

I intend on finding out more about this picture. No matter how many times I look at it, I never get fed up, and it brings about the same intrigue in me every time as it did the very first time I saw it in class.

Signed: Non-Analog