I think Steinsaltz is right and of course there has to be a balance.
The richness of life comes from the struggle and that we have come to overvalue the mundane and ordinary (and safe) which ultimately deadens us to living life-really LIVING life. I think the conclusion is something I read in thei Adin Steinsaltz article that Andrew lent me. This will take me a long time to put together, take apart, and put together again. I am looking for the nechemta, the conclusion, to all of this. I am all packed up (delayed by a brief scare when I could not find my cell phone, but catastrophe averted-it turned up) and now I am watching the Italian Job and just hanging out. Then you get to decorate them with their computers and then, voila! Stickie pics! They are great, I will show them all to everyone when I am back.Īnd now, back in the BOQ. Basically, you pose for all of these shots against a blue wall and you are blue screened in to different back grounds. You know the photo booths at the mall? We this is the same thing, but Japanese style. I was so happy we finally made that happen.Īfter more yum sushi, (my third time at this particular superashi establishment), Cidney took me to sticky pics. It has been a running conversation throughout the trip-getting Cidney and I together for sushi. Cidney loves sushi and each time we have gone, she has not been able to make it. We made our way back to Yokosuka where we met up with Cidney (the working daughter) for sushi go round. There is something about a way of life built on such peace as its backbone. We had to trek up a rather steep side street to make it to the shrine. Hey, their language is older…and I doubt the Nazi’s borrowed from the Japanese…but one never does know. Interestingly enough, the Conji for Temple is an identical symbol to the swastika. There are temples and shrines everywhere. We toured around and then made our way to one of the temples. Apparently, this is only the third largest Buddha in Japan. Just looking at it made me feel very tranquil. I had that great moment where I said to myself, oh my goodness, I am in Kamakura, Japan. We were treated to tastes, sights and sounds from Okinowa. On the way there, we saw a street fair and we stopped by.
Then, the Shlessingers (Karen and Craig-the kids were working-one at a job and one at school work) brought me up to Kamakura, home of the big Buddha. The afternoon sadly drew to a close and there were many goodbyes. But the most beautiful part was the scene with all the people there, together, hanging out, being Jewish, eating a great meal (what more Jewish thing is there to do?) We had a great lunch and made a beautiful, beautiful sukkah. People really seemed to get into it and then all of a sudden, there were almost twenty people there-kids too-filling the sukkah. I do not know why we did this or where it started (Deb?) but I was happy to bring it to Japan where it felt ever so fitting to be making paper cranes. The tradition in our chavera growing up was we would make origami paper cranes to hang in the sukkah. We were all walking around and doing our thing, but I found something really gorgeous about all of these events happening at the same time. And then, eventually, when it was a more reasonable hour, I went to the chapel for the Big Sukkah Party! What was so cool for me is while we were having our Sukkah party outside in the back of the chapel the Protestant service was ending and the Gospel service was about to begin. I was up at 3 am thinking about packing, and so I did.
STRENGTH HONOR CONJI FULL
If you like this article, you might be interested in some of our other articles on Yin Yang Tattoos, Chinese Writing Tattoos, Chinese Tattoos and Infinity Symbol Tattoos.We had a full house this morning for sukkot. The Japanese kanji tattoos, with their artistic letters have a timeless appeal.
To a westerner the symbols may not mean exactly what they are supposed to express but there is always the attraction of the designs themselves. But as an art form it is one of the latest in body art. A little symbol or a small design can have many profound thoughts and emotions embedded in them. There are tattoos that also have altruistic themes like idealism, belief, honor, God, eternity, promise, enlightenment, etc. There are tattoos that express emotions like pride, respect, bravery, joy, peace, passion, love, desire, loyalty, friendship, etc. They have a wide variety of designs that have themes that express Samurai and Shogun ideologies. Japanese kanji tattoos are the in-thing where lettering tattoos are concerned. The letters represent certain moods, themes, or emotions or may be just a style statement.
Using letters in tattoos is a popular form of body art.
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