The Power of Frames: How We See the World?

　

 Firewood :frame 1   

　One drawing is the original sketch of a branch. The other two show the same sketch, but the "frame" has been moved to change how it looks

Firewood: Frame 2 

　

Firewood  by M. Kaneyasu

　

Three sketches, one branch, and three different worlds.　

  By shifting the frame, a single branch can look like part of a massive tree, or it can look like it has been split in two. In reality, it was just a simple piece of firewood—something ordinary, easily overlooked. When I look at my own work, I am also questioning my own frames. These three sketches show us a powerful truth: how we see things depends entirely on the "frame" we use.

  In our daily lives, we also rely on frames to understand the world. We use labels for people's looks—like "cute," "handsome," or "chubby." We do the same with politics, using labels like "LDP" or "Ishin" without looking at what they actually do.

  It is hard to take off these frames and see the raw truth. But if we use our imagination to wonder, "What would I see if this frame were gone?", we might start to see a completely different world.

LDP: Liberal Democratic Party(Japan)

Ishin no Kai:  Japan innovation  Party