本能ーInstinct

「丸」を描きたくなって細かい丸を描きすすめていくうちに、単細胞生物であるゾウリムシが細胞分裂が上手く行かずに困っている別のゾウリムシを助ける動画を思い出しました。あのゾウリムシは本能で動いたのか、知的に考えて行動したのか、ずっと考えていました。生き物はいろんな行動があるけど、そもそも本能ってどこからどこまでなんだろう。私自身が「丸」を描きたかったのは、頭で考えたものなのか、本能で求めていたことなのか、どちらだったんだろうか。 As I was drawing the “circles,” I was reminded of a short movie in which a single-celled creature, a paramecium, helps another paramecium that is having trouble with cell division. I kept thinking about whether the paramecium acted on instinct or intelligently. Living creatures act in many different ways, but where does instinct come from in the first place? Which was it that I myself wanted to draw “circles,” something I thought about with my mind or something I wanted to do with my instincts?