The Hundred-Square-Foot Record (Kamo no Chōmei, 1153—1216)

A Silicate Siesta Obon Special

In memoriam C.I.M.

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The flow of the rushing river never ends, nor are its waters what they were at the beginning. The bubbles here vanish, there reappear, never tarrying in the stagnant pools for long. So too with worldlings and their dwellings.