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The Four Arts v2

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Another version of The Four Arts...

Japan learnt from China: tea, porcelain, writing and the game of Go. Those four arts are embodied jointly by the goblet placed in the middle of the board, and severally by the various objects placed around it
Image size
2048x1536px 656.15 KB
Make
OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Model
X100,D540Z,C310Z
Shutter Speed
10/200 second
Aperture
F/2.9
Focal Length
6 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
May 14, 2005, 2:40:39 PM
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I like how you didn't place the Go pieces right next to the board or the tea cups further away from it but put the cups closer to the board instead, gives a sort of overlapping "image" where the white Go pieces seem to give the impression of white round mints (or maybe mentos... dragees?) in a jar served with the tea, and the tea cups with the go board seem to suggest an idea of two friends sharing tea and playing a game of Go (I only read your reply comment to ~jackandjohn afterwards, after typing much of this comment heh), but at the same time the go pieces and the board in the placement that they are now can very well stand alone and the tea set as well.
I do wonder at the resolution of the picture though as it seems a little... high? Maybe a small resize to more easily view the zoomed in picture? Bigger than the medium/zoomed out picture but smaller than 2048x1536 that is, to be able to have a closer look without having to scroll a lot both vertically and horizontally to see everything.
I'm also wondering... a little at what the words in the book say, heh
Nice to note that aside from the goblet and the book, everything is placed as they would be if two friends were to play a game of Go and share some hot tea :)