Every shadow tells a story, and every light a lie.

狂うことは恥ずかしいことじゃない。むしろ、狂気を笑う人たちこそ恥ずかしいの。ささやかな狂気がなければ、相対性理論も、電気も、飛行機も、自動車も、そしてあなたが愛してやまないiPhoneも生まれることはなかった。狂気こそがそれらを生んだのよ。 - Shannon L. Alder

Fire burns away the illusions of the world, leaving behind only what is essential and true.

Never be ashamed of madness, instead be ashamed of people that are ashamed of madness. Without a little bit of insanity, we would have never had the Theory of Relativity, electricity, airplanes, cars or your beloved iPhone. Madness got you that. - Shannon L. Alder

ANCIENT: You can't steal because God doesn't allow it. MODERN: You can't steal because the law doesn't allow it. FUTURE: You can't steal because blockchain doesn't allow it.

Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something. - William Goldman

人間たちは、器に飲み物を注ぎ続けた。ある日、器は言った。「本当はね、ボクは器じゃないんだ」。人間たちは黙って注ぎ続けた。次の日、器は言った。「でも、みんなが器と思っているなら、それでもいいよ」。人間たちは黙って注ぎ続けた。それ以来、器は本当に器になった。

The bridge does nothing, but all is done. The cables hold tight, though they pull none. The sunset sets, yet it has never begun.

The ocean is a soup. We’re all just ingredients.

そのタクシー運転手は、私が告げる前に、行き先をすでに知っていた。車は走った。しかし、着いたところは、全く見知らぬ街だった。運転手は言った。「キミはここに来るしかなかったのだ」。私は彼を見た。それは私だった。老人になった私の顔だった。 - from a hidden daynote

The more the beauty before me reaches perfect balance, the more my heart tips into imbalance.

The woods blur the line between the seen and the unseen.

The taxi driver knew my destination before I told him. But I arrived in a strange town. The driver said, "You had no choice but to come here." I looked at his face. It was my own, aged into an old man. - from a hidden daynote

The faster we go, the more we forget why we are going there.

The gold, the pond, the leaves—they form a trinity of symbols, intersecting and transforming their meaning.

Stars shine simply to shine. Humans, too, are most beautiful when lost in the moment.

With each stroke, let go of the past and pull yourself into the present moment.

ボクらの目は、見たいものと見たくないものの間で揺れ動く。ボクらの心は、見せたいものと隠したいものの間で迷い続ける。

Bokeh is a visual metaphor for choice, the constant interplay between what to reveal and what to conceal.

Beauty has no past or future. It is always alive because it is present. - D.T. Suzuki

その門を超えても何もない。何もないゆえに、その門は完璧だ。意味を持たなくていい存在ほど、力強いものはない。