A Study on the Relationship between Language and Physical Experience in Appreciation of Activities

—Through the Educational Practices Created a Place of Exchange between Sculptor Eisaku Ando and Some High School Students—

Abstract

This study examines how the four dialog structures in the Japanese language affect how artists interpret their personal experience of the world around them based on what Japanese language teacher Michiya Murakami has verified from the relationship between language and physical experience. Then, I clarified how the dialog structure interpreted the theme. The four dialog structures are as follows: i) a combination of the writer’s wording, handwriting, and paintings that reflect the viewer’s own thoughts; ii) a combination of the writer and viewer’s perspectives; iii) writing that communicates through the physical senses to the viewer; iv) projects that create personal empathy with the viewer. This study sets up activities incorporating elements of the four dialog structures with the cooperation of sculptor Eisaku Ando. Consequently, it confirms that it is important to teach students the process of an artists’ personal development through their behavior and interactions with the world in their daily lives, interactions with other people, and the environment, as interpreted in their works.