メトロポリタン美術館のインスタグラム(metmuseum) - 9月15日 07時58分

As part of an ongoing initiative through #MetAccess, we're inviting Disabled and Deaf artists to respond to a work from the #MetCollection that sparks their curiosity or inspires them.

Today, Jeffrey Mansfield (@jeffmansfield) shares his thoughts on Maruyama Ōkyo's "Goose and Reeds; Willows in the Moonlight":

"I often find myself spending a lot of time thinking and worrying about whether I'll have sign language access for upcoming meetings, calls, and events—this can create crushing anxiety.

Ōkyo’s painting brings calm and a surprising spaciousness. Each stroke of the brush is dipped in intention; not a stroke too many or too few. The scene is complete, yet the moment is incomplete: the goose is suspended midair, heading somewhere from elsewhere, but in this fleeting moment, it is here, present.

An ephemeral fog fills the left two panels—which otherwise appears empty—with a certain weight and volume. The gap between each panel lends structure, the low vantage point invites intimacy, and the disappearing horizon implies vastness; together, these qualities hold space—for growth. When I imagine such a space, I feel grounded, free, and abundant."

🎨 Maruyama Ōkyo (Japanese, 1733–1795). Goose and Reeds; Willows in the Moonlight, right screen: 1774; left screen: 1793.

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