‘Ata: A Tāvāist Reflective Thinking and Emotive Feelings of the Images from Captain Cook

“In Tongan, ʻata is the Indigenous term for images and reflections, and the root word in ʻatamai, mind. For Tongans, ʻatamai (mind) is deeply anchored in the Indigenous philosophical notion that ʻata (images, reflections) of reality are presented independently to the self to process through fakakaukau (thinking, relating, and reflecting)….”.

Reflections on the images of John Webber during Captain Cook’s Final Voyage to Tonga…

Koe Sio FakaTonga ‘ae ‘Aati FakaTonga: Tongan Views of Tongan Arts: The Arts of John Webber