arelativenewcomer:In this mortal frame of mine which is made of a hundred bones and nine orifices th
arelativenewcomer:In this mortal frame of mine which is made of a hundred bones and nine orifices there is something, and this something is called a wind-swept spirit for lack of a better name, for it is much like a thin drapery that is torn and swept away at the slightest stir of the wind.Matsuo Bashō, ‘The Records of a Travel-Worn Satchelʼ (after The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches, edited and translated by Nobuyuki Yuasa).Artwork: Sewai Koichi, Spring Comes with Wind, late 20th century [source]. -- source link
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