When we see the beauty of the snow, when we see the beauty of the full moon, when we see the beauty of the cherries in bloom, when in short we brush against and are awakened by the beauty of the four seasons, it is then that we think most of those close to us, and want them to share the pleasure. (Yasunari Kawabata)
Sunday, May 16, 2010
a new and strange direction of the mind (2)
We live in an age so completely self-absorbed that the ability to simply look, to pour out the intelligence through the eyes, is an accomplishment.
Thomas A. Clark, from 'Riasg Buidhe' in Distance & Proximity (Edinburgh: Pocketbooks, 2000), p. 98.
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