"…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)
Monday, April 20, 2009
Daily Life: I Lost Myself
Something happened to me today that has not happened to me in a long time. It was kinda cool. It was simple - I was at work and I was working on designing a little piece of software for a project I have and I got lost in it. By lost I mean I lost track of time, I was so totally engrossed in it. I would have been going far to late had not one of the people who works for me stopped by to say goodnight, and then a moment later I got a text that also helped pull me back into the world. It has been a long time since I was totally engrossed in something and I lost track of time. It was pretty cool. I liked the feeling.
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