A Sensitivity to Things
A translation of the Japanese phrase "mono no aware," a sensitivity to things and a gentle sadness at their passing describes this (new) site. In practise, it's about the quirky, unusual, sometimes funny and sometimes sad. Enjoy!
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The Zen of the Hubble Deep Field - 93 days ago
Find and empty space in the sky and stare into it. Anywhere. Up there, over here, left of somewhere or right of over there, it doesn’t really matter, just pick a spot and stare, stare and stare. What you find might change the very universe. And it.. Topics: inspiring, life
Prime Ministers’ wives are from Venus - 96 days ago
Japanese Prime Minister-elect Yukio Hatoyama did the impossible last week, a landslide victory won for his Democratic Party of Japan, an unprecedented reversal of election fortune over the incumbent Liberal Democratic Party, who have ruled Japan for all. Topics: absurd, funny, japan, life
Short Black Temper - 136 days ago
Monday morning, 9am, back on the contracting treadmill again, contestant and collaborator in the nine to five daily grind, my services as an Art Worker required and hired by an inner city design studio. It has been a while since I’ve worked in an... Topics: life, meditation, sri chinmoy
Inspiring letters and no few words - 137 days ago
Strangely and very much disconcertingly absent from pen and desk, writing paper blank now curling at the edges these past few months, I’ve finished and submitted a story nay epic 4000 word behemoth to the soon to be published Episode 17 of... Topics: childhood, inspiring, literature, meditation, sri chinmoy, writing

























