"…Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves just floating, floating….refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current; this is what we call the floating world…” Asai Ryoi, in Ukiyo Monogatari (Tales of the Floating World, 1661)
Friday, July 11, 2008
A Dream On Friday
I dreamt of a woman, sprawling on a very big bed, on an angled pedestal bed, in the middle of a very big and brightly lit department store. She had alabaster skin, was wearing a bright red and flowing robe, and wore many gold chains. She was simply happy. She called my name and I knew her voice. As the dream began to fall apart, she called me back again, called me back to focus on her simple happiness, as if to reinforce her lesson. In the midst of the department store, a very common, very ordinary place, was sublime happiness. I woke into the darkness of the morning with her voice, bright and soft, echoing in my memory. Sent via BlackBerry by AT
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