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taiwanese grass jelly herb (3.1/5) (cooling, bitter mint sensation that feels light but has an intense climate. apparently, when steeped with agar agar or gelatin, it can thicken into a jelly. however, i would prefer to drink the herb as is.) "And surely you have seen, in the darkness of the most innermost rooms of these huge buildings, to which sunlight never penetrates, how the gold lead of a sliding door or screen will pick up a distant glimmer from the garden, then suddenly send forth an ethereal glow, a faint golden light cast into the enveloping darkness. How in such a dark place, gold draws so much light to itself is a mystery to me. Modern man, in his well-lit house, knows nothing of the beauty of gold, but those who lived in the dark houses of the past were not merely captivated by its beauty, they also knew its practical value, for gold in these dim rooms, must have served the function of a reflector. Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty." Tanizaki'...

Lu Tung

 "The first cup moistens my lips and throat,

the second cup breaks my loneliness, 

the third cup searches my barren entrail but to find therein some five thousand volumes of odd ideographs.

the fourth cup raises a slight perspiration-- all the wrong of life passes away through my pores.

at the fifth cup, I am purified;

the sixth cup calls me to the realms of immortals.

The seventh cup--ah, but I could take no more!

I only feel the breah of cool wind that rises in my sleeves. 

Where is Horai San?

Let me ride on this sweet breeze and waft away thinner."




"Slug" by Nagasawa Rosetu 


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