tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post3523239597995502616..comments2024-03-20T01:03:09.526-07:00Comments on phantsythat: arigato...susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-90042178075551186222011-03-29T05:42:02.555-07:002011-03-29T05:42:02.555-07:00lydia -
hi! as far as murakami, i'd recommend...lydia -<br /><br />hi! as far as murakami, i'd recommend as a starting point the first book of his that i read: 'hard-boiled wonderland & the end of the world'. if you like it, you'll like murakami; if you don't, you likely won't :) ...numbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16975461278405963872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-33084013559043870422011-03-27T02:45:21.091-07:002011-03-27T02:45:21.091-07:00Susan, this is a perfect post in every way. Your p...Susan, this is a perfect post in every way. Your personal descriptions for each of the artists you featured are so fantastic that they stand alone as tributes to Japanese culture. <br /><br />There is much here that I was unaware of, as in everything gamer-related and cartoon-related. I am interested in osamu tezuka's comic on the Buddha and will try to find it. <br /><br />Agree with you about akira kurosawa, yet I have not seen all his work. And haruki murakami....I have gone so far as to add many of his books to wish list but (this might sound ridiculous) I don't know which to read first. I think it makes a difference, the order, when reading a great writer's work...<br /><br />Your heartfelt expression of appreciation and compassion for the people of Japan touched me, and I found comfort here myself because I too am dwelling on the disaster and feel compelled to be involved.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-42949940419415161402011-03-25T16:14:32.749-07:002011-03-25T16:14:32.749-07:00just catching up.... and will come back for a long...just catching up.... and will come back for a longer look when i can.... recently overheard 'experts' talking on the radio about Japan, and the cultural differences between there and other places that have known disaster. interesting, if more than a little callous; the 'experts' say that, historically, the Japanese recover from things better and faster than anyone else, and expect this will be true of the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear bedlam now occuring. but, i was thinking as i listened, we're talking about PEOPLE, not a machine.gfidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08452490194253665370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-9365515143579415592011-03-24T14:59:55.146-07:002011-03-24T14:59:55.146-07:00i am wandering today, in more ways than one, and s...i am wandering today, in more ways than one, and so had to wander over here to read this, whether written by yourself or others?? we shall never know!<br /><br />thank you for sharing these, i would never know otherwise..be well, my friend, i continue my vigil here, the depression that is japan's nightmare only makes mine worse tho i have nothing to even compare to such tragedy. may this noble people see some light soon.... xxxxL'Adelaidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10725322054223364858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-32188177709176972962011-03-24T14:03:02.128-07:002011-03-24T14:03:02.128-07:00i'm glad that you all enjoyed the post (with s...i'm glad that you all enjoyed the post (with so much terrible news, & misery, i wanted to just take a break & think on good things), & doubly-glad it was good enough to make people think susan put it together :) ...<br /><br />i'll only add that it's beginning to appear that all land within a 20-30 mile radius of the reactors has, at this point, been effectively poisoned for decades (if not a couple centuries), irregardless of whether they eventually get the reactors under control or not. with this in mind, i hope & pray that japanese officials finally get real, at least double the evacuation radius (from 20 to 40 miles), & begin the process of entombment as quickly as possible...numbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16975461278405963872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-37228810635941647702011-03-23T13:37:14.089-07:002011-03-23T13:37:14.089-07:00I'm another one who knows nothing about video ...I'm another one who knows nothing about video games, except what I hear from my students! <br /><br />The only thing familiar to me in your post is Kurosawa. <br /><br />When I think about Japan, I always go back to what a wonderful time we had on our stay in Japantown, San Francisco. I don't think I have ever stayed in a quieter, cleaner or more respectful neighborhood in any city I've been to. <br /><br />I love how in your own unique way, you've put a light on the situation in Japan. I love how you think.<br /><br />xxooAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-70870811487395285632011-03-22T17:50:29.637-07:002011-03-22T17:50:29.637-07:00In our house we think of Japan as one of the two g...In our house we think of Japan as one of the two great nations of introverts (along with Finland) and we also feel some kinship with the land of the rising sun, for that reason. This is a wonderful post of appreciation for some of the thousands of interesting and beautiful things the world owes to Japan and Japan's culture and unique spin on everyone else's culture.<br /><br />And I particularly love that you chose Totoro to represent Miyazaki. It's our favorite.<br /><br />The Japanese will rise again stronger than before this, because that is what they do. Their discipline and good sense is what kept the casualty numbers from being even higher. A quake like that would have leveled many more buildings with greater loss of life in any other nation in the world.Steve Emeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08628329561652344403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-12589321607178890832011-03-22T07:34:39.598-07:002011-03-22T07:34:39.598-07:00susan I have been neglecting the blog world and so...susan I have been neglecting the blog world and sorry to say, even your most excellent blog. I've got some blip friends from Japan that I've been talking to and what has happened is horrible, just horrible.<br /><br />There is so much here to digest that I will not comment until I have done so. Take care my friend and hope all is well with you!Life As I Know It Nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733963455243806298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-75290038540087789562011-03-22T05:44:39.114-07:002011-03-22T05:44:39.114-07:00My friend, this is an awesome dedication to an ama...My friend, this is an awesome dedication to an amazing array of Japanese artists and to the people of Japan in your thoughts of their greatness. I don't know them, but have certainly seen some of their works. Funny how I don't 'play' video games but have heard of all of the games you mention and are familiar with the characters.<br />Of course, as a baseball fan, I know Ichiro. I follow Japanese Yakyu league play and cheer for the Hanshin Tigers and Hiroshima Carp. I always hate it when his play, a hit, stealing a base or throwing out a runner at home, wins the game against the team I cheer for, which is the ultimate honor to bestow upon an athlete., In other words, "Wish he was on our team!"<br />So much devastation there. An overwhelming task to live through it, but if people can, it is the Japanese people and culture.<br />I met many from Japan on The Longest Walk in 2008, still friends on Facebook and in e-mails. Some have visited and stayed in my home. The honor and respect paid to me as an Elder by the younger ones is humbling.<br />Great tribute to a great people, made by someone pretty damn great herself. I wish you and the world much peace.Spadomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17781369901345409341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-69649564343700997752011-03-21T04:28:45.396-07:002011-03-21T04:28:45.396-07:00Susan
Interesting to hear from you about your exp...Susan <br />Interesting to hear from you about your experience with Japanese concepts to impact enormously on your ife. An understanding of another’s philopshocal underpinnings and culture is always rewarding.<br /><br />In eastern terminology you determine from your perspective where you’re sitting on the elephants back. Great extracts. <br /><br />Best wisheslindsaylobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774918551798647046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-7858961236910947792011-03-20T01:36:04.293-07:002011-03-20T01:36:04.293-07:00People search alone.
The hard snow falls on ruins....People search alone.<br />The hard snow falls on ruins.<br />A red sun rises.Francis Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422476000328664994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-32001078771812091582011-03-18T18:55:00.187-07:002011-03-18T18:55:00.187-07:00What a lovely tribute to so many well-known Japane...What a lovely tribute to so many well-known Japanese creatives, though I don't know the gamers either. In my small world most of the Japanese that I peronally know are printmakers like me - isn't that amazing? Though Japan is noted for their fine art of papermaking and printmaking so that part is not surprising.marja-leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634791656471132347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764563741359701027.post-79303834646617706832011-03-18T13:39:25.215-07:002011-03-18T13:39:25.215-07:00I can't speak about some of your choices not b...I can't speak about some of your choices not being a video gamer, Kurosawa is certainly in the pantheon of great directors.jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.com