Category Archives: Thinking

On Ruins | 城跡

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Eryk Salvaggio

In which a tourist from America has a “mystical experience” in Japan brah, and totally writes about it in his blog. Continue reading →

Posted in Temples and Ruins, Thinking, Uncategorized, Zen | 9 Comments

On Noise Bursts and Japanese Television | 電視と噪音

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Eryk Salvaggio

In which I prattle on about visual culture because I got confused when the sirens were in another language. Continue reading →

Posted in Culture Shock, Thinking, Weird | 4 Comments

On the Serious | 重大考え

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Eryk Salvaggio

I’ve read plenty of Buddhists who talk about the inability of the ‘typical Western mind’ to sit and be alone with itself in a quiet room. As a typical Western mind I’m enamored by distractions. I think about this when … Continue reading →

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Yellow Raincoat |鬱金色雨着

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Eryk Salvaggio

What small daily grievances have I assumed are universal that could be distinctly American? Continue reading →

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Hello, World. | 今日は

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Eryk Salvaggio

One day, you put on your old clothes – T-shirts with band names or ironic slogans – and realize you look like a bad impression of your younger self.
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Posted in Homesickness, Thinking, Travel, Uncategorized | 3 Comments