Cloud Openness
The story behind the symbol
In Japanese artist Nakabayashi Chikutō’s 1843 Fragrant Garden under a Hazy Moon, bands of mist are areas of unpainted silk. The Met identifies the imagined garden setting as Chinese through its ornamental rocks.
Cultural source: The Met — Fragrant Garden under a Hazy Moon (opens in a new tab)Original Oralumia reflection
An unfilled space can still belong in the picture. In this original reading, mist invites you to leave a little room around an assumption. You can be interested in what you do not yet know without rushing to complete the story.
A question to sit with
Which assumption could you leave open long enough to learn something new?
One small action
Take two minutes to finish this privately: I might be missing… Then write one question that could help you find out.