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The Best Thought I’ve Ever Thought

Two kites in flight before moon.

dawned on me today, that

I’m gonna miss being me
when I’m gone.

a wood sculpture held in a palm.

Text: “The best thought I’ve ever thought” November 03, 2012, originally posted on cowbird.com.
Pictures: Both from early 2014. Kites gliding is a video still, Fukui, Japan, 2011. The small wood sculpture is from 1996. I wrote about my sculptor phase here: Abstraction in Nature, a Tribute.

Noto Black

Calm sea water surface.
Japanese ceramic roof tiles.

In Noto Peninsula, almost all houses are roofed with matching black tiles. Being a starry-eyed tourist, I thought the community did it for the sake of aesthetics. Turned out it was for the particular type of moisture-resistant coating, resulting in the rows of semi-mat black chicness.

The kind of black that glistens softly in light drizzle.

Japanese house with ceramic roof tiles.

Special thanks to the crow.

Photographed earlier this month.