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as dirty as blue pears
as wretched as blue pears
as murky as blue pears
as dirty as a blue pearl
as luminous as a blue pearl
as picturesque as a blue pearl
Eine Frage der internen Integrität
The Passing of Time in Jellyfish Years
The Passing of Time in Jellyfish Years
Graveyard Calligraphy
The Expansion of the Universe
Sometimes Saying Nothing
Leads to Something
Buddha Fruit Noise
Crows in the City
This is Not a Place of Honor
Summer Sounds
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The Passing of Years in Jellyfish Years
In summer, natural hazards intensify: warmer water strengthens currents, and jellyfish multiply and appear in the water in vast numbers. In Japan, the dead return from the afterlife to the living world for a brief time during the annual Obon festival. People are warned not to go into the water during this time, as the spirits pull swimmers into the depths and cause them to drown.
Uncontrollable natural hazards thus transform into narratives that are passed down from one generation to the next and become part of cultural tradition and collective knowledge. Fear arises not only from physical threats, but also from their portrayal in the media and culture.
The ground is slippery, as slippery as the line between reality and fiction.