2011/08/31

44.Life 8/31

8/31/11


Life

We cannot live in the past

We cannot live in the future

Life is the one

that we can only live now

2011/08/30

43.Civilization 8/30







8/30/11


Civilization


Material wealth and individual freedom

And then the people who have come to control nature

It’s production and consumption for which they live...


However, their desire for unrestricted satisfaction

Will not bring them to the path of happiness they seek

It only goes down the path of utmost pleasure...


Without an answer, without breaking away from the paradox

It’s not clear how we might arrive at our time to pass this on

For the next generation


For the children we do not yet know, entrust hope...


2011/08/29

42.Hurricane 8/29


8/29/11


Hurricane


When I made my anxious preparations

He said life is still short.


Even when things happened to make me anxious

Even if they seemed likely to happen soon


Why miss the opportunity to savor every minute

He had meant to say.


Without living in the moment completely

Life passes by so fast


Trying out of fear to avoid what the moment holds

What lies before us becomes unrecognizable


Accepting the present he gave to me

For the moment

I would like to be thankful.



2011/08/28

41.JAZZ 8/28


8/28/11

JAZZ

Jazz, it is a one shot performance

It is where sound fixations are released


In that moment

Slipping away from what is now

To create a fresh future


Never repeating the same sound


Jazz, it is an adventure

It is brave


And if we listen carefully to the sound of Jazz


As if it were laughing

As if it were angry

As if it were crying


Jazz might tell us our lives.


2011/08/27

40. Acts of Nature 8/27


8/27


Acts of Nature


Be prepared

Be unafraid

For the mission of this Earth is to move


Even when heavy rain pounds the glass

Even when strong wind shakes the house

We cannot stop that mission


Because just like the people

Who have manipulated nature


Live by entrusting fate to nature

We can do nothing but watch in silence.


2011/08/26

39.To Be Moved (2) 8/26

(Nigeria)



8/26/11


To Be Moved 2


I believe the thing that people seek is to be moved


To collaborate together to give birth to feeling


To let that become a part of our lives


To connect us with the next generation to pass it on,


I feel this from the bottom of my heart.


Let us seize the many opportunities to let ourselves be moved:)


2011/08/25

38.To be moved 8/25



8/25/11

To be moved


If we are seeking to be moved

In our lives


It might be hard to find

Without effort and bravery


It’s easy to live behind the lives of others

Through movies and books


But for us and our lives, to be able to feel moved


Naturally that will come

To explain why it is we are here in this world.


2011/08/24

37.Belief 8/24

8/24/11

Belief


To support a

Belief without reason is

To worship something that can’t be seen

Submitting one’s self

To sacrifice one’s way of thinking.


To support a

Reasonable belief is

To rely on consequence

Considering one’s own thoughts and experiences.



2011/08/23

36.A Partner 8/23

8/23/11

A Partner


Together trusting each other

Together free of the other

Both hoping to grow


Without imposing one’s ideals on the other

But simply holding them close

That alone is enough


2011/08/22

35.The Universe 8/22


8/22/11


The Universe


A doctor finds the universe in the human body


An artist finds the universe in art


A musician finds the universe in sound


In what do you find the universe,,,?


2011/08/21

34.Love or Doubt 8/21



8/21/11


Love or Doubt


There is a feeling that grows in people, a wanting

To know each other and things deeply


However, we hardly ever begin by

Considering the root of that feeling in that moment


Everyone seems to only want the result

Even when knowing the root reveals it naturally


Like doubt, rooted in knowing something so deeply

We must wander through the dark without definitive answers


Like love, rooted in knowing something so deeply

We starts to feel its soft light shining through the door


It all begins by the root

But maybe you don’t know why

Do you desire to know it so deeply?



2011/08/20

33.Living one’s own life 8/20


8/20/11


Living one’s own life



To me, living my own life


Means taking all the sights that I see


Together with my imagination and creating


A future enhanced by that which still cannot be seen


But whose shape will change into the beautiful past


It is that which you always remind me


To live my life my way



2011/08/19

32.To Be Honest 8/19


8/19/11


To Be Honest


If we are not honest with ourselves

And we never discover the real result


If we are not honest with ourselves

And we always let things intimidate us


If we are not honest with ourselves

And we never feel confident in ourselves


If we are not honest with ourselves

Then we may not know who we are


That simple thing, honesty

It’s the source that forms me.


2011/08/18

31. Welcome Home 8/18


8/18/11

Welcome Home


In the journey of life

Unexpected and

Undesired incidents

Are inevitable.


I’d like to share mine

My mysterious journeys

And the stories of what

I’ve experienced.


I’d like to release these memories

Slowly over time

Perhaps as clues to

Knowing what it means to live.


From this moment, I’ll be searching

For the guide left behind in the past.


8/4 - 8/17

This is the start of that journey through time and space.


By the way,


When I came back to Ouchi=(home) and I saw that letter on the table

It may have been the happiest moment of my journey.


Confirming my existence in this place

Was perhaps the true meaning of my trip,

Reminding me again of the people who wait

For me, the ones that give me meaning.


2011/08/08

8/8 My situation (in frankfurt)

My flight has been canceled and I'm stuck in Frankfurt now because of the strike.

I'm not sure when I'll be able to get out!

2011/08/04

8/4 robbed (in berlin)

8/4/11

Robbed

I was robbed of my computer and camera in Berlin. I can't write the blog until 8/8. So sorry...

2011/08/03

30. Time Spent Doing Nothing ( in Berlin ) 8/3

In the same way we treat our
Time working
Time eating
Time studying
Why don’t we try to appreciate our
Time doing nothing as
Time spent doing nothing
And then, hopefully
We would start to see
Only what we truly need

2011/08/02

29. Rain ( in Berlin ) 8/2



8/2/11




Rain




The scenery I have seen from the window


I couldn't hold my feeling of gloom back


because rain has lasted until yesterday


28 years, Here in Berlin


would tell me that


a silent fight waged among people


beyond the one night incident


2011/08/01

28. We Fear Failure( in Berlin ) 8/1



8/1/11

We Fear Failure

We fear mistakes
Even when we all make them


Mistakes, though, make no statement of their moment
They indicate what comes next


What you do to respond to the mistake
The first step you take, to make it better


To try to not ever repeat the same mistake
And then it’s not a mistake anymore


It’s a ticket you’ll use to pass through life