Ananda Coomaraswamy, “Samvega: Aesthetic Shock”(2) Ito Jakuchu’s Colorful Realm of Living Beings, 30 scroll paintings created ... some other being’s dream is esthetically shocking. Secondly, if the ...

These surrealist details, and the girls themselves, stem from Jhun's vivid dream life ... and hence my paintings, hence being a surrealist." Without dreams, Jhun worried that her art would suffer.