Quote of the Week - Mist
This weeks quote evokes a feeling of tranquility and mystery that I have been experiencing lately and is very appropriate given the misty/hazy mornings that we have been having in Tokyo. This morning I awoke and stepped outside only to be reminded of camping trips where you wake up in the morning and step outside into the peaceful cool of a misty morning.
The quote is by calligraphy artist Toko Shinoda from the spring edition of Kateigaho International Edition (KIE), an English language magazine that I would recommend to anyone interested in Japanese culture.
When the mist rises, we envision the dream-like springtime that must be there, somewhere beyond it. So the mist whispers. The mist makes reality feel lonely, and nurtures the dream. In the moments when evening mist shrouds the edges of the western hills, we we glimpse for an instant another world.
