Word and image
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I've been away for a while, discovered an intriguing martial arts shop on my travels, had a laptop with me and came up with this idea for combining my interests in Gackt, martial arts and poetry.
The image is from a photobook related to the NHK TV drama series Fuurin Kazan which features Gackt in his role as Uesugi Kenshin. The photographer is Seiichi Nomura. The imagery and content of the poem comes from a Japanese martial arts notion (e.g. in the bow art kyudo) that the weapon-holder becomes united with the target through the weapon itself, which is converted to a channel for the focus of the warrior's spirit. The "bridal" nature of Kenshin's costume is, I guess, entirely incidental!
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Date: 2008-10-22 03:14 pm (UTC)Hee - you have encountered my considerable capacity for misunderstanding! It's one of the penalties of an elastic mind - elasticity is great for the imagination and measly for common sense.
In which case, I'm very happy that you liked the poem enough to leave me an encouraging comment - even if I was too dumb to get it right first time around! Er - "calm"? Do I do "calm"?? Doesn't sound all that likely! But I can try. Just for you.