Panoramic Arashiyama - Togetsukyō Bridge

Togetsukyō Bridge (渡月橋, Moon Crossing Bridge)

Arashiyama Hanatouro (嵐山花灯路)

Arashiyama, Kansai

Honshu, Japan

Winter, December 2013

A calm serene plane

reflects lights, projecting colors.

Gentle golds, blues, on a sheet of black,

daring someone to notice them.

A scene of beauty, majesty, wonder

unrivaled by any other.

A pattern of rusted metal, 

unattractive in the minds eye,

yet stunning to the beholder.

A peace of mind settles over

the eager visitor, impressed

by the display.

A bridge between worlds, 

so worldly and yet, 

not of this world at all. 

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Panoramic Arashiyama - Bamboo Groves

Bamboo Groves (竹林)
Arashiyama Hanatouro (嵐山花灯路)
Arashiyama, Kansai
Honshu, Japan
Winter, December 2013

聞く  : To Listen

Distant thunder
An uninvited visitor arrives
Quietly silence departs 

Listen to the wind
Nature flows over and past
People standing still

Pearl Diver

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Panoramic Kyoto

Kyoto, Honshu, Japan
Winter, December 2013

古人の跡を求めず、
 Seek not the paths of the ancients

古人の求めたるの所を求めよ。
Seek that which the ancients sought.

Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉)
 

• Ginkakuji (銀閣寺, Silver Pavilion)

• Heian Jingū (平安神宮, Heian Shrine)

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Panoramic Kyoto - Kiyomizu Temple

Kiyomizudera (清水寺, Pure Water Temple)
Kyoto, Honshu, Japan
Winter, December 2013

The Sunset

The sunset glistens upon the land,
with people standing hand in hand,
the beauty that it brings to them,
the magic that it sings to them.

The sunset shines upon the ground,
with people standing, staring, astound,
the colors soaking into them,
the art evoking heart in them.

The sunset of life and love,
the sunset soaring in the heavens like a dove,
the sunset fills us up with mystery,
the sunset with an irreplaceable history.

Bette Kayley Jones

      

 

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