Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Hokusai, Mount Fuji, and I

I just changed the wallpaper on my Zenfone, yes it's called a Zenfone,


to Hokusai's 'Great Wave' where Mount Fuji looks from a distance


with dispassionate and unobstructed views at men in long boats


about to be enveloped by the ivory claws of transformation.


I saw Mount Fuji once myself while traveling the commuter rail


from Tokyo to Narita International. It was on a long and gentle turn


when its iconic shape came into view. It lasted for what seems a minute,


like an enigmatic whisper, like a voice behind a wall inside a dream,


and when the train had found its new assuredly unswerving direction,


I knew beyond that sea of great uncertainty there's never anything but
sky.

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