Ah…
Why did I sell it?
Now, I regret it deeply.
My Shabani…
No, no, that’s not right—Gorilla, yes.
Gorilla, monkey…
It was quite a big painting.
Apparently, the person who bought it said it was a gorilla that helped them.
I think it was a woman who worked at an arcade.
Arcades were pretty popular back then.
The store doesn’t exist anymore.
I heard she was a bit eccentric, but I never met her; I only heard about it from the furniture shop owner who helped sell it.
It was kind of a miracle that it sold. I had lightly placed it in the shop, never thinking it would actually be bought.
I wonder how she’s doing these days.
Thanks to her, I now have a space where I can hold my solo exhibition.
I never got her address, but…
Personally, I can’t exactly ask her to return it now…
(￣^￣)
…
It was a silverback gorilla.
Yes, I wanted to paint a leader.
I read a book about how gorillas don’t fight, and it moved me.
Gorillas rarely fight, only doing so to protect their families.
They know that if things get too serious, someone could die, so the female gorillas usually step in to stop the fight.
The kids taunt and tease as they walk behind the male who stops the fight, but the silverback never looks back—he just keeps walking straight ahead.
That famous drumming on the chest? It’s just for show. It’s a fake fight.
They don’t make eye contact because doing so could reignite the conflict.
Learning about gorilla society made me realize some things that humans have long forgotten.
I often do this kind of research while I paint.
Yeah, I’m a bit of a nerd (￣^￣)
But that’s okay ^-^
By the way, the gorilla painting currently at my exhibition is my beloved Shabani, I think 🩵
I’d love to visit Nagoya Zoo again ^-^
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