{"id":369,"date":"2017-04-24T22:18:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T22:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.evanhaydenart.com\/blog\/?p=369"},"modified":"2017-04-25T02:49:22","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T02:49:22","slug":"tatemae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.evanhaydenart.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/24\/tatemae\/","title":{"rendered":"Tatemae \/ \u5efa\u524d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tatemae\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Hey everyone! I’m, uhhhh, not DEAD. I finally made a new illustrated-photography piece. (Well, I made a quick one<\/a> two years ago in ink over inkjet print, but this is my first digital one since 2013<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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Honne<\/em> (\u672c\u97f3<\/span>) and tatemae<\/em> (\u5efa\u524d) are Japanese words used to describe the contrast between one’s personal feelings (honne<\/em>) and the facade that one presents to the world (tatemae<\/em>). While it certainly depends on the person, in Japan it’s often difficult to get past the wall that people put up and get to know someone’s true feelings. Generally this “wall” is a friendly one, mind you, but sometimes not genuine. I don’t think this is a uniquely Japanese thing, and I think we all conceal parts of our true feelings. I thought I’d explore this idea a bit since I find it both fascinating and frustrating.<\/p>\n

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One thing I often found unsettling while teaching English in Japan was how many of my students would wear a mask, not just when they were sick, but in general. Some kids wore it every day. Once in a while, during flu season, I’d walk into a jr high classroom and every single kid would be wearing one, and I’d be unable to fully “read” their social cues. I think for most people it’s a matter of stopping germ transfer when a bug is going around, but for the folks who wear them every day, it seems like the tatemae<\/em> mask takes on a literal form.<\/p>\n

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Anyway, as usual these days for a lot of my art, you can pop on over to Society6<\/a> to order a print of it, or cell phone case, pillows, tote bags, whatevs!<\/p>\n

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In other news, this has been a crazy busy year so far with manga lettering, but pretty front-loaded. From now on I’ll have a bit more free time here and there to make more art and hopefully music. One of these days, I badly need to update the lettering section of my design page since it only reflects four of the 17 different manga series I’ve lettered, but that’ll have a wait a bit more. Right now, after a nice stay-cation, it’s time to get to work on the next book<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I will say, I got to work on a dream project<\/strong> earlier this year. I got to re-letter Akira for the 35th anniversary boxed set<\/a> that Kodansha is putting out this fall! It was amazing! I’ve always deeply loved that manga, and it was a huge inspiration on me growing up, and to be able to observe Otomo’s art with the level of intimacy that working with it on my own computer brought, was a truly special experience. More on that later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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