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Sunday, February 12th, 2023 05:27 pm Marvellous Tokyo February afternoon, meaning worrisomely warm for Toronto. 6C, 42F. This summer will be hideous if other no-winter winters are anything to go by (2012, 2016). But the sweet cold, the glowing sun, the walking in shoes! I shall enjoy the moment for what it has to offer.
Have also discovered that if you set the Heart Sutra to music, the Heart Sutra suddenly starts making sense. Possibly the Heart Sutra isn't really agreeing with Ecclesiastes' vanity of vanities and all is vanity, but I believe the word vanity in the original is a lot closer to 'emptiness', in which case it is. Or seems to be. And what about Strawberry Felds Forever? Oh dear.
Forgot to mention the pleasant dream I had Friday morning, travelling something that purported to be the New York subway but was more a long stone-lined passage, with Nora Jemisin on our way to the Met, where she had to leave me because of an appointment. Entrance to the Met from the subway was up a set of stone stairs with gilded or at least brass art deco gates at the top, all curving lines. Unfortunately awareness of real life conditions intervened and I was eyeing those stairs dubiously when I woke up.
Have also discovered that if you set the Heart Sutra to music, the Heart Sutra suddenly starts making sense. Possibly the Heart Sutra isn't really agreeing with Ecclesiastes' vanity of vanities and all is vanity, but I believe the word vanity in the original is a lot closer to 'emptiness', in which case it is. Or seems to be. And what about Strawberry Felds Forever? Oh dear.
Forgot to mention the pleasant dream I had Friday morning, travelling something that purported to be the New York subway but was more a long stone-lined passage, with Nora Jemisin on our way to the Met, where she had to leave me because of an appointment. Entrance to the Met from the subway was up a set of stone stairs with gilded or at least brass art deco gates at the top, all curving lines. Unfortunately awareness of real life conditions intervened and I was eyeing those stairs dubiously when I woke up.
