Essays in Idleness is a collection of musings and opinions on a variety of different subjects, from the perspective of influential Japanese writer Kenko (1283?-1352?) It is a type of non-fiction called zuihitsu— meaning “follow the[…]
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A Mother’s Nature: Polished Personal
This piece is an honest attempt at a CPU (Critical, Personal, Universal) personal response to an excerpt from David Guterson’s Snow Falling On Cedars. The excerpt is set in an American relocation camp in 1941 just[…]
WW2 Japan (Culture Seminar)
Presentation Link: https://docs.google.com/a/ffca-calgary.com/presentation/d/19YDlqqwXS1IriGO9dgUNmUeq0H29p02p3aNAW9YE2X4/edit?usp=sharing Emperor by Ryuichi Tamura There are eyes in the stone, the eyes closed in grief and fatigue. The man in black passes my door – You, the Emperor of Winter, my lonely[…]
World War II Japan Personal Response
“Emperor” by Ryuichi Tamura There are eyes in the stone, the eyes closed in grief and fatigue. The man in black passes my door – You, the Emperor of Winter, my lonely Emperor, walking to[…]