On Kawabata 121st Birthday

Kawabata by Yousuf Karsh, 1969  

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Seeing the moon, he becomes the moon,
the moon seen by him becomes him.
He sinks into nature, becomes one with nature.
The light of the "clear heart" of the priest,
seated in the meditation hall in the darkness
before the dawn, becomes for the dawn moon its own light.

- Yasunari Kawabata -

June 11, 1899 - April 16, 1972

Biography of Yasunari Kawabata

by Yasunari Kawabata

Cosmic time is the same for everyone,
but human time differs with each person.
Time flows in the same way for all human beings;
every human being flows through time in a different way.

- Yasunari Kawabata -  
from Beauty and Sadness

June 11, 1899 - April 16, 1972

On the year of Kawabata 120th Anniversary ♥♥