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The Art of Japanese Culture through Untranslatable Words; Monday, Fourth Period [01/25].
"Well, now, ducklings ♥," Shunsui greeted the class with a faint chuckle as they came in; the desks were not pushed aside like usual, though, and Shunsui was standing, "as you can see, we'll not be getting too comfortable today, as I have a portal scheduled for us in just a bit so that we can better explore today's word in real time, but, well, you see..."
He was in a good mood about it only because, while he'd woken up before the crack of dawn yet again this morning, despite the affect having moved on, he was absolutely able to sneak in a good long well deserved nap before class, which seemed to set things back to normal for him.
"I spent an awful lot of time in the woods this weekend, training, but also meditating, which brought to mind the word and concept for today ♥. And that concept is that of yugen:"
He turned with a flow of his robes that he had rather missed all weekend, a tilt back of his hat, and he wrote carefully on the board:
yugen
幽玄
an awareness of the universe that triggers feelings too deep and mysterious for words
"To watch the sun sink behind a flower clad hill, to wander the great depths of a huge forest with no intention to return, to stand on the shore as a boat disappears over the horizon to find distant lands, the flight of a bird lost among the clouds ♥. These are all examples of yugen, but what do they have in common? Yugen often means deep, mysterious, and profound. It is the vastness of the world around us that is too great to truly grasp beyond one's' emotional appreciation and wonder of it. It is something that cannot be fully expressed: poetry and art can only merely suggest the true nature of yugen, never completely capture it, it must be felt. It must be experienced ♥.
"The odds of experiencing true yugen in a classroom are very rare indeed, and so we will be traveling today to place where we may not only experience it, but, perhaps, maybe we may find at least a few words that will attempt to describe it ♥."
He was in a good mood about it only because, while he'd woken up before the crack of dawn yet again this morning, despite the affect having moved on, he was absolutely able to sneak in a good long well deserved nap before class, which seemed to set things back to normal for him.
"I spent an awful lot of time in the woods this weekend, training, but also meditating, which brought to mind the word and concept for today ♥. And that concept is that of yugen:"
He turned with a flow of his robes that he had rather missed all weekend, a tilt back of his hat, and he wrote carefully on the board:
幽玄
an awareness of the universe that triggers feelings too deep and mysterious for words
"To watch the sun sink behind a flower clad hill, to wander the great depths of a huge forest with no intention to return, to stand on the shore as a boat disappears over the horizon to find distant lands, the flight of a bird lost among the clouds ♥. These are all examples of yugen, but what do they have in common? Yugen often means deep, mysterious, and profound. It is the vastness of the world around us that is too great to truly grasp beyond one's' emotional appreciation and wonder of it. It is something that cannot be fully expressed: poetry and art can only merely suggest the true nature of yugen, never completely capture it, it must be felt. It must be experienced ♥.
"The odds of experiencing true yugen in a classroom are very rare indeed, and so we will be traveling today to place where we may not only experience it, but, perhaps, maybe we may find at least a few words that will attempt to describe it ♥."
Experience Yugen - Japanese Culture, 01/25.
"Come," Shunsui moved, gesturing for the girls to follow, as he settled comfortably near the edge of the cliff, "have a seat, and together, we'll soak in the scene and try to find that feeling of yugen within it. You can see by the brilliant colors painted across the sky that it is sunset here. As the last rays of the sun has died and night begins to fall, you'll start to feel the chill of evening soak into your bones. Wait a moment, and you'll hear that first mourful cry of the birds. Note the sensations you feel. Dwell on them. And that is yugen, ducklings..."
With that, he fell silent, with the unspoken implication that they should also do the same, and see where it went from there.
And for all his flowery talk, he did, for a moment, cease to focus on the yugen of it all and wondered if either of his bright students would notice if he were to actually sneak in a little bit more of a nap while they were all attempting to grasp the unfathomable vastness of the universe.
Re: Experience Yugen - Japanese Culture, 01/25.
She might have considered slipping in a nap, too. She knew Kyōraku-san wouldn't mind. In fact, she was pretty sure he'd be proud of her if she did.