CHUN: Some reflections about ideograms and irrelevance IMAGE: Various Chinese ideographic characters for spring, heaven, and flower along with proto-elements in a cyan fog with a flock of birds in flight. An-Yi: (looking at the image below) Is this some kind of literary deconstruction? Daiki: (munching on some popcorn with disinterest) Huh? Oh, well – sure. Whatever you say is okay with me. The brain atop my shoulders is nothing but a small portable computer with many software bugs and errors. Bhäraté: Do you sometimes feel that your entire existence is irrelevant? Chariya: (sipping his coffee slowly) All the time. However, I've learned to live without any grand narratives and enjoy each day even if it matters not an iota. ===================================================================================== from _Pan-Asian Pulses: Poetry, Art, and Dialogs about Asia_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: An image of some Chinese characters and conversation about insignificance. KEYWORDS: existential inconsequence, grand narratives, literary deconstructions, personal vacuity Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 1999 in Taipei, Taiwan ≜ Finished: 2018 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST http://www.tnewfields.info/BambooGroves/taiwan.htm TOC http://www.tnewfields.info/BambooGroves/index.html NEXT > http://www.tnewfields.info/BambooGroves/shanghai.htm TRANSLATIONS ESPAÑOL: http://www.tnewfields.info/es/***.htm NIHONGO: http://www.tnewfields.info/jp/***.htm ZHŌNGWÉN: http://www.tnewfields.info/***.htm