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Masanobu Fukuoka
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Cities, like the residents that call them home, tend to run on distinct circadian rhythms; internal, collective clocks that dictate when the streets and town squares come alive, peaking with movement and activity, and when they eventually begin to quiet down, the bars, cafes and clubs emptying.
Having temporarily relocated from Berlin to Sydney,... See more
Having temporarily relocated from Berlin to Sydney,... See more
Alexi Gunner • Idle Gaze 062: Dawn Chorus / Dusk Chorus
Now, I wonder: what does gentrification look, smell, taste, feel, and sound like? What are the larger implications that accompany these sensory shifts? I want to understand with my whole body, not just with my mind, how increased development and an influx of affluence in this neighborhood shapes peoples’ everyday lived experiences of their home.
The Five Senses of Gentrification
The city experience
Masanobu Fukuoka, was a farmer who trained as a microbiologist and plant pathologist. He worked at the Agricultural Customs Office in Yokohama, enjoying his laboratory work, until at the age of 25 a life–changing experience made him decide to abandon science and city life. He almost died after being struck with acute pneumonia and when he came out... See more
Daydreams for Masanobu Fukuoka - Dark Mountain
hat do you think is the most significant difference, if there’s any, between Butoh in Europe and Butoh in Japan? Do you think that Butoh practiced in Europe has the same (let’s call it) “essence”?
M.O. – Well, yes there is a difference between Butoh in Japan and the rest of world, of course if you think of the fundamental essence of this dance... See more
M.O. – Well, yes there is a difference between Butoh in Japan and the rest of world, of course if you think of the fundamental essence of this dance... See more
Butoh Thoughts
The Five Senses of Gentrification
makinganeighborhood.substack.com
Fukuoka once wrote:
I do not particularly like the word “work”. Human beings are the only animals who have to work. Other animals make their livings by living, but people work like crazy, thinking that they have to in order to stay alive. The bigger the job, the greater the challenge, the more wonderful they think it is. It would be good to give up... See more