May 2011
“
Objection, evasion, joyous distrust, and love of irony are signs of health;
everything absolute belongs to pathology.
” —Nietzsche Beyond Good and Evil.
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
—Mr Steve Jobs
Us And Them
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd - Us And Them
“Hydrangea, a truth of yesterday, a lie of today.”
—
Shiki Masaoka
“
Hydrangea!
in grove, being little garden,
the detached room
” —Basho
” References to 紫陽花 (ajisai) ,HIDRANGEA- can be found in 万葉集 (the Manyoshu), an 8th century anthology of poetry, and 紅額紫陽花(beni gaku ajisai) is identifiable in an ikebana flower arranging document from 室町時代 (the Muromachi period) (1333-1568).
However, during this period under the rule of the Samurai 紫陽花 (ajisai) became unpopular, because its changeable flowers were looked upon as a symbol of moral infidelity…
(…), in the former part of 江戸時代 (the Edo period)(1600-1868), few haiku poets took up 紫陽花 (ajisai) in their haiku…”
More : http://akitahaiku.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/bashos-hydrangea/
and here.
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