Some say that nothing on this planet can actually be categorised as ‘man-made’. Nature made man, man makes things, thus everything is natural, everything is of the earth. It’s true, theoretically, but without man’s mind, without man’s capacity to control nature, to wield it in ways unbeknown to the Great Mother, how on earth would [...]
Nature, of course, is vast. However, no matter how it is approached, it is impossible to solely write about nature, without turning to the influences of man. Whether for aesthetic improvement, or for less commendable reasons, man’s hand has intervened so expressively in all of the nature of our planet, that that which once enveloped [...]
Okay, okay, so I know that C*R-h seems to have gone wabisabi potty at the moment, but I just have to show you this run of photos which I believe to be some really good instances of it.
Language is fascinating. It’s organic, living, breathing, tangled, misinterpreted, overused, misrepresented, joyous and troublesome. Looking back into history, it seems that most languages have sprawled out from their epicentres, and, wherever people have gone, they have followed, like ivy left to grow of its own accord, assimilating and overtaking everything in their wake. Languages are [...]
ようこそ! Welcome to my Japanese aesthetics mini-series. This is my second series to date (click here for Japanese Shorts), and I thought that this time I would dig deep and tackle a pretty hefty subject face on. I’ve been giving this subject much thought for quite a while now, and there have been a million [...]