森田喬「神の眼　鳥の眼　蟻の眼　地図は自分さがしの夢空間」毎日新聞社より、一部を改変して掲載


> **森田喬** 「神の眼{め} 鳥の眼 蟻の眼 地図は自分さがしの **夢空間** 」毎日新聞社より、一部を改変して掲載 ([It's from the
> last, small printed line here in this
> text:](https://www.docdroid.net/847v2dg/img-20170413-0001-new.pdf.html))

First, I can't find entries for the words in bold on jisho.com. I guess they
are proper-nouns?

Second, even if I assume that the words in bold are proper nouns, it's still a
bit problematic for me to get through the sentence.

MORITATAKSHI "the eye of god, the eye of a bird, the eye of an ant the map is
YUMEKUUKANs self discovery" from Mainichi Shimbun, one portion changed
publication.

I guess the first three expressions mean something like from top-down view to
bottom-up view. This is the title of an original article where this adapted
version is derived from. I also struggle with 「一部を改変して掲載」. I translated a
passive here, but only because I wouldn't really how else I should express
this in English. Does 改変して imply a unspecified subject like in graham healeys
answer in [this
question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/47099/syntax-of-this-
sentence?noredirect=1#comment84279_47099)?

And if so, is it okay to translate passive here?




  1. [森田]{もりた}[喬]{たかし} (Takashi Morita) is, indeed, a proper name. He is the author of this article.
  2. 「～」毎日新聞社より、 一部を改変して掲載 means _adapted from the article ～ published in the Mainichi Shimbun_. The implied subject is the person who amended the article. So you're right when you translate as a passive. Keeping the active voice would feel awkward.

3.「神の眼 鳥の眼 蟻の眼 地図は自分さがしの夢空間」is the title of the article.

* * *

I may be wrong on the interpretation of the title but I understand it this
way.

The enumeration 神の眼, 鳥の眼, 蟻{あり}の眼 talks about the properties of a map. A very
precise map gives you 蟻の眼, a big map can give you an overview hence 鳥の眼. As
for 神の眼, it leaves place to interpretation but, if you can see all earth in
one sight then you've got the eyes of god-like entity.

自分探し means _find oneself_ , something like an introspection. This expression
is often seen in 自分探しの旅 (a travel to (re)discover yourself).

夢 here is a synonym for 理想.

All together, _Maps can either give you the hindsight of God, the overview of
a bird, the details as seen by an ant. Maps are the best place to rediscover
ourselves._ Sure, it is a long title but that's how I see it.

