Comments on: On Inventing Yourself in Japan http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/08/on-inventing-yourself-in-japan/ A New England Expat in Japan. Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:52:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: On Pilgrims | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/08/on-inventing-yourself-in-japan/#comment-4941 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 08:57:36 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1609#comment-4941 […] the absence of any permanent structures, we are freed from memories and nostalgia, invited, instead, to create our own visions in the dunes, to construct our own meanings out of the sand. The pilgrimage is about losing […]

]]> By: On Finding God in a Gourd in Naoshima (In Japan) | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/08/on-inventing-yourself-in-japan/#comment-3100 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:31:16 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1609#comment-3100 […] grasp it.” That the child is burned by flames makes that first experience of awe so frightening. Art is the gentle practice of returning to that state where we can gaze outward at that light on the wall without trying to […]

]]> By: queenrebucas http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/08/on-inventing-yourself-in-japan/#comment-2812 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:36:26 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1609#comment-2812 I guffawed at that line. It certainly feels that way all too often.

]]> By: habitatparisien http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/08/on-inventing-yourself-in-japan/#comment-2793 Mon, 13 May 2013 15:18:21 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1609#comment-2793 Lovely Post!!!

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]]> By: A.J http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/08/on-inventing-yourself-in-japan/#comment-2783 Fri, 10 May 2013 07:26:01 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1609#comment-2783 ‘ You aren’t going to go crazy, you just feel that way’. Those words on letting certainity go really helped ! Surprised and sorry to hear that you’re leaving Japan ! But please do keep on writing and all the very best !

]]> By: lauralubot http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/08/on-inventing-yourself-in-japan/#comment-2770 Thu, 09 May 2013 12:31:06 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1609#comment-2770 Your best yet, dawg.

]]> By: a http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/08/on-inventing-yourself-in-japan/#comment-2766 Thu, 09 May 2013 04:41:28 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1609#comment-2766 it is truly evolutionary if living in japan has helped you understand this basic spiritual truth…change is the only constant…to just BE and (yet to) go with the flow…easier said than done, but you grasp the essence of it…the only way to go from here, is UP…i wish you luck in all your travels!

]]> By: Pink Barry http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/08/on-inventing-yourself-in-japan/#comment-2764 Thu, 09 May 2013 00:17:56 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1609#comment-2764 Awesome article – wish I’d had a chance to read something like this before I ran screaming from Japan the first time (over the very issues you mentioned – above all, my poor acceptance of uncertainty). Will keep these principles in mind when I return to avenge my dignity next year (lol).

]]> By: Neill http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/08/on-inventing-yourself-in-japan/#comment-2762 Wed, 08 May 2013 16:59:52 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1609#comment-2762 As an incoming JET awaiting my placement in Japan, this blog has been one of the biggest crutches for me in helping get through the anxiousness that comes with waiting. I hope you’ll continue writing upon your return to the states!

]]> By: jason m http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/08/on-inventing-yourself-in-japan/#comment-2761 Wed, 08 May 2013 16:49:59 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1609#comment-2761 Great read – good food :)

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