"see that?"
"sunlight."
"no. there are special word for it; komorebi."
"meaning?"
"japanese word. literally means 'sunlight that filters through the trees'."
"komorebi."
"it is made up of three kanji particle. the first kanji, ko means 'tree', the second one more refers to 'escape' and the last one bi is 'light' or 'sun'."
"beautiful."
"ya. there are leftover words without translations, and concepts that cannot be properly explained across cultures."
"the language of different people can tell you what they find important in life."
"in german, there's a word for being alone in the woods and feeling connected to nature, wladeinsamkeit."
"nice. i like that."
"somehow, there are feelings and ideas that we can't even put a word to. kan?"
"ya, agree. a lot of them."
"komorebi. it says a lot, don't you think?"
"what?"
"word and world. what's important is how you see the world. not how the world see you."
______________
*keep fighting! :)
source: 'komorebi' by wong fu productions.
No comments:
Post a Comment