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Everything acquires a kind of halo which is not imaginary

Works by Koichi Sato
Title: Clarice Lispector

“In a state of grace, one sometimes perceives the deep beauty, hitherto unattainable, of another person. And everything acquires a kind of halo which is not imaginary: it comes from the splendor of the almost mathematical light emanating from people and things. One starts to feel that everything in existence—whether people or things—breathes and exhales the subtle light of energy. The world’s truth is impalpable.”—Clarice Lispector

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He learned in the late 1960s "to escape from compromise when designing by linking my creations directly to my lifestyle."

Japanese book covers, 1950s to 1980s, designers unknown
Title: Tadanori Yokoo quote

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A cure for self-absorption is saturation: telling the story over as though it were another's until like a much-repeated word it loses sense.

Manga and illustrations by Shigehiro Okada
Title: John Barth, "Echo," from Lost in the Funhouse

Via Same Hat's tumblr

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We slip into Tientai caves,
Home is a hole,
And a hole’s where nothing is.
We visit people unseen —
Chewing magic mushrooms,
Underneath tall pines.
We talk about the past and present,
And sigh at the world gone mad.

Paintings by Christian Hidaka
Title: Shih Pe (9th century) (via Max Wigram Gallery)

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My difficulty is only an — enormous — difficulty of expression

Works by by Sadamasa Motonaga (born Japan, 1922)
Title: Ludwig Wittgenstein

Folkert

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