His art parallels his public and private selves: He paints standard “pretty pictures” for others to see and odd self-portraits, which he calls “ghost pictures,” for his private amusement. He discovers that he loves painting and wants to make it his profession. Main bodyĪfter going away to high school, Yozo learns that his clowning and posturing are easier now that he is away from family.
On the way home from a political rally sponsored by his father, he overhears family friends saying how idiotic the meeting was these same friends then congratulate his father on a “wonderful meeting” (Lyons, 1985 47-55). He observes in general that people live in mutual distrust and are insincere. Yet he wants to be accepted, so by constantly playing the role of the clown, he makes himself popular. Yozo learns very early as a child that he is apparently quite different from the people around him, and he consequently fears these people.
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