LOTUS IN FLAMES

qualia, ephemera, and 'garbage and rocks' excavated from the annotations of one graduate student of Japanese Studies.
crashinglybeautiful:

Drifting pitifully in the whirlwind of birth and death,As if wandering in a dream,In the midst of illusion I awaken to the true path;There is one more matter I must not neglect,But I need not bother now,As I listen to the sound of the evening rainFalling on the roof of my temple retreatIn the deep grass of Fukakusa.—Eihei Dōgen (1200 - 1253)
Image by Hasui Kawase, Rainy Night at Maekawa, 1932
from parabola-magazine.

crashinglybeautiful:

Drifting pitifully in the whirlwind of birth and death,
As if wandering in a dream,
In the midst of illusion I awaken to the true path;
There is one more matter I must not neglect,
But I need not bother now,
As I listen to the sound of the evening rain
Falling on the roof of my temple retreat
In the deep grass of Fukakusa.

—Eihei Dōgen (1200 - 1253)

Image by Hasui Kawase, Rainy Night at Maekawa, 1932

from parabola-magazine.


The Face of Another (Tanin no kao) 他人の顔 B & W / 1966 / 124 min. Directed by: Teshigahara Hiroshi (via  The OU FVS Blog)

The Face of Another (Tanin no kao) 他人の顔 B & W / 1966 / 124 min. Directed by: Teshigahara Hiroshi (via  The OU FVS Blog)

(via likebookends)

boymoans:

 

“Today, with a triple hangover, I slowly pedaled and pedaled my wobbly bicycle, like a mist, past a back alley that murmurs condolences.”

boymoans:

 

“Today, with a triple hangover, I slowly pedaled and pedaled my wobbly bicycle, like a mist, past a back alley that murmurs condolences.”

(Source: moscowvsberlin)

lemmongrab:

賀茂御祖神社 (Kamomioyajinja)平山郁夫 - 表参道南鳥居鴨神社 制作: 大塚巧藝新社 (Hirayama Ikuo - Omotesando Minami Torii Kamo Jinja  production: Otsuka Arts)

lemmongrab:

賀茂御祖神社 (Kamomioyajinja)

平山郁夫 - 表参道南鳥居鴨神社 制作: 大塚巧藝新社 (Hirayama Ikuo - Omotesando Minami Torii Kamo Jinja  production: Otsuka Arts)