Japan
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Japan
Print is predictable and impersonal, conveying information in a mechanical transaction with the reader’s eye. Handwriting, by contrast, resists the eye, reveals its meaning slowly, and is as intimate as skin.
Ruth Ozeki • A Tale for the Time Being: A Novel (ALA Notable Books for Adults)
—The music was also particularly good in this film. Miyazaki: I had absolutely no involvement with the music at all. I even joked at one point that maybe we didn’t need any music in the film [laughs], but we couldn’t get away with that. So I left everything regarding music up to Takahata-san, because he knows much more about it. Jo Hisaishi had
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How Japanese have produced wood for 700 years, without cutting down trees.
Daisugi is an ancient Japanese forestry technique developed in the 14th century originally used by people living in the Kitayama region, because the territory was extremely poor in saplings.
They planted cedars... See more
zelkova tree
Haruki Murakami • Norwegian Wood
What’s wild about focused attention is that the act of observation is implicitly timeless. A little dose of time travel. To look closely you must be present. And the more present you are, the more you move outside the boundaries of time.
Craig Mod • Looking Closely Is Everything
Japanese cafés were modeled on Parisian ones—though Paris was a place few Japanese people traveled to at the time, save the wealthy and the academic intelligentsia, who were…
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Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
Inokyo
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In Kyoto, we visited Taiga Takahashi’s concept store/art gallery ~hybrid~ It’s a beautifully curated space blending textiles and interior design. The store features his latest collection alongside sculptures and art pieces-all thoughtfully displayed together. There’s even a serene courtyard at the back that lets in a bunch of natural light. Even if... See more
instagram.comHaiku Thinking : How Limitation of Expression Expands Creative Boundaries — Studio Yorktown
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