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NAKAMURA: That is one of the points at issue. Behind the reason nature was preserved in the past was a certain sense of aesthetics, which was supported in major or minor ways by a sense of religion. Today, we live in an irreligious manner, so we have separated aesthetics from religion. This has weakened the status of beauty in our time.
Hayao Miyazaki • Turning Point: 1997-2008
And even though we saw the darkness coming we said nothing and let them dream on.
Julie Otsuka • The Buddha in the Attic
I remembered once, in Japan, having been to see the Gold Pavilion Temple in Kyoto and being mildly surprised at quite how well it had weathered the passage of time since it was first built in the fourteenth century. I was told it hadn’t weathered well at all, and had in fact been burnt to the ground twice in this century. ‘So it isn’t the original
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Dr. Mathew Dumont writes, in The American Journal of Psychiatry, that “apart from the rapid and violent content of the programs, there are incessant changes of camera and focus, so that the viewer’s reference point shifts every few seconds. This technique literally programs a short attention span.”
Gregg Krech • The Art of Taking Action: Lessons From Japanese Psychology
A sharply dressed Japanese man with a 'self-defense briefcase' has made a living in 'night moving' — helping battered women disappear without a trace
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Wabi-Sabi | A Japanese Philosophy of Perfect Imperfection
youtube.comChallenges shape us.
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive.
You won’t even be sure whether the storm is really over.
But one thing is certain.
When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in.
That’s what this storm’s all about.” — Haruki Murakami, h/t @Jam... See more
When the editors of Animage encouraged me to create a manga, I got all excited and, as fate would have it, decided to create my own version of Nausicaä. I am now forced to reflect yet again on why, years ago, I once gave up drawing manga because I felt I lacked talent. At this point, I hope that I can somehow bring this young heroine into a world o
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