I pass the long autumn nights tearing up old notes and letters, putting the afterlife in order; word by word, self upon dishevelled self remembered. And then I light upon a dead friend’s thoughts and somewhere a high door opens and I am silent, stared at, by night, by dawn. ... from Essays in Idleness (2001)
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Yoshida Kenkō (Japanese: ; Yoshida Kenkō ; 1283?–1350?) was a Japanese author and Buddhist monk. His most famous work is "Tsurezuregusa" ("Essays in Idleness"), one of the most studied works of med...
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and beauty. In regard to beauty, the introduction notes,. '[T]he most memorable parts of Essays in Idleness are devoted to secular themes, particularly the ...
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supplied by notes; lines full of added modi- ... His 243 essays bear the personal mark ... Essays in Idleness became one of the standards for its ...
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I’m sorry to say I was disappointed by Kenko’s Essays in Idleness. I loved the book’s prologue, which I’ve quoted on my sidebar, and I had high hopes that I would enjoy reading Kenko’s “nonsensical thoughts,” but too often I found them inscrutable, dull, or annoying. ... Book Notes by Lisa...
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A BOOK OF ESSAYS IN PROFITABLE IDLENESS by Henry Van Dyke; "And suppose he takes ... Little Rivers, by Henry Van Dyke A HANDFUL OF HEATHER THE RISTIGOUCHE FROM A HORSE-YACHT ALPENROSEN AND GOAT'S MILK AU LARGE TROUT-FISHING IN THE TRAUN AT THE SIGN OF THE BALSAM BOUGH A SONG AFTER SUNDOWN THE WOOD-NOTES OF THE VEERY...
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Collectors’ Preface; Faith & Form: Notes on Ways in Which Japanese Buddhist Objects Convey Meanings; ... Tsurezuregusa (Essays in Idleness, ca. 1330, translated by Donald; Keene), where we read a comment about the heightened pleas-ure of looking at a scroll: “It is only after the silk wrapper has frayed at top and bot...
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But in countries which do not enjoy Mediterranean sunshine idleness is more difficult, and a great public propaganda will be required to inaugurate it. I hope that, after reading the following pages, the leaders of the YMCA will start a campaign to induce good young men to do nothing.
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Label to the Santa Elena Mural and Folklore Project ... Instead of simply copying ancient texts that have little direct connection to Santa Elena, I suggested that we should produce our own in Yucatec Mayan, ... ; When I am empty please dispose of me properly; My Essays in Idleness; There are 11 Posts and 2 Comments so far.
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