Well, embrace that ennui, 'cause nothing is permanent.

"There is definitely an Irish strain of gloominess...but I still think the Japanese win the beauty prize for melancholy...There are always those who prefer not to look beyond a geisha's smile, after all." (64) 

"In Japanese, 'floating' (uki) is also a homonym of 'melancholy." (63) 

 "a tradition exists in which gloom has its place" (64).

~ Liza Dalby, 

April 22-26: "floating weeds appear"

East Wind Melts The Ice 

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