#繪本推介 Megalophilia 「人生好累......」
新書到了！✨
最近疫情再度升溫，為了安全和健康，還是先減少外出到人多擠迫之地，多留在家中讀讀書吧🤓📚
New books have arrived!✨
Unfortunately, it seems the fourth wave of pandemic is happening. For the sake of public health, we may have to avoid going to crowded places. Time to read more books at home!📚🤓
關於繪本Megalophilia
About the picture book Megalophilia
「人生好累......」
一頭埋進大貓鬆軟的毛髮、依傍身邊的狐狸陷入沉睡、回家後大貓展開雙臂熱烈迎接自己、安心躺於微溫的肚皮上，隨著一呼一吸的節奏輕輕升降......
我們如此渺小，生活中潛藏的惡是草叢中的井，夢裡被洪水猛獸追趕至吞噬，醒來被無處可逃的感覺籠罩。
不如，就讓我們暫時卸下憂愁疲憊，在低氣壓的環境當中，一同步入她的天地，給自己心靈一絲喘息的空間。休息，深呼吸，再起行。
Monokubo，以社交媒體 Tumblr 和Twitter 累積人氣的日本插畫師，作風神秘又低調，雖然曾接受訪問並出版插畫集，卻從未表露身份或面貌，只知她是位年輕的24歲日本女生。 她曾表示自己從小就熱愛動畫風格，並深受宮崎駿大師電影以及波蘭插畫師 Piotr Jabłoński 影響。
創作靈感源自自兩部宮崎駿深受熱愛的電影《幽靈公主》和《龍貓》，以及身邊的自然風光，她提過喜愛畫下那些在她生命留低印象的生物。
Monokubo 的插畫之特色之一，是將柔順又毛茸茸的可愛動物放大數十倍，身軀龐大如巴士，超現實的比例令人類在巨大動物旁邊細小如老鼠。人類與動物和諧共生。
她部分插畫的背景如榻榻米、和室、櫻花、楓葉等，呈現她視角中日本的日常生活空間，夢幻而唯美，療癒心靈。Monokubo有時描繪溫柔的陽光下泛黃的畫面，恬靜而縹緲的片刻，是日語中「木漏れ日」獨有措辭，此詞難以被直接翻譯，意思是從枝葉縫隙中灑落的陽光，充滿詩意。畫面之故事性和電影感，賦予讀者自行詮釋和想像的空間，並連結自身。
Japanese artist Monokubo imagines a world where larger-than-life animals roam the land and live among us. Through her fantastical digital paintings, the gentle giants are sources of comfort when their human companions are having a bad day or are traipsing through places that feel strange or unwelcoming. They offer them a fluffy paw of encouragement or a nose to boop, and they're always ready to snuggle.
Monokubo was inspired to produce these illustrations after seeing iconic Studio Ghibli films like Princess Mononoke and My Neighbor Totoro which both feature large creatures in their cast. Many of the animals that Monokubo depicts are house cats. “In most cases, I choose the animals that have left an impression in my daily life,” she tells My Modern Met. “I have a cat and he is very cute.”
While felines are her favorite, Monokubo has branched out and illustrated creatures of the forest including raccoons and wolves. But she doesn't stop there. Cuddly domesticated bunnies and Shiba Inu dogs act as faithful companions to the illustrations’ young people.
[Source of English description: My Modern Mat]
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