October 4 – 29, 2005
When we open a dictionary of archaic words, the archaic character
offers up a variety of meanings, including to meet, a painting, a blessing, and wisdom - the mental activity of identifying and assessing the logic of truth - or
(“Eh!”) a word that expresses emotion.


Even before I knew the meaning of this character, the strange shape of
, which looks more like some kind of symbol than a character, had become enveloped within my sensibilities. Once aware of the meaning, I felt in my heart even more strongly a stirring of something evolving from this, and wanted to spend some time walking in the surroundings of
.
- Yamamoto Masao, 2005


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