Note on Katakamuna — The Second Verse: What ‘Kami’ Actually Means
Few words have been more thoroughly misunderstood than ‘God.’ Interpreted by religion, coloured by culture, rewritten by history. Used as […]
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Note on Shinrin-yoku
Science has measured what happens. It has not yet asked why it has to be a forest. Researchers have documented
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Note on Ikigai
The diagram is not Japanese. Four overlapping circles. What you love. What you are good at. What the world needs.
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MASLOW’S HIERARCHY × NOISE MASLOW’S HIERARCHY × NOISE Physiological pleasure · comfort · sensation Safety anxiety · fear · reassurance
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Note on Kaizen
Ford’s system was the most efficient production system in human history. It was also a system designed around the assumption
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Note on Kintsugi
“Imperfect beauty” is the wrong translation. Kintsugi is the Japanese practice of repairing broken ceramics with lacquer and gold. A
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Note on Katakamuna — The First Verse
The universe may be generating itself continuously, without interruption. Katakamuna is a system believed to originate from the Jomon period.
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Note on Physics and Katakamuna — The Kernel
The universe may be processing information. Modern physics has reached a point where matter, energy, and spacetime are ultimately described
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Note on Wabi-Sabi
It is not an aesthetic. That is the wrong category entirely. Wabi-sabi is described as “the beauty of imperfection, impermanence,
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Note on Samurai — A Note on These Notes
One leaf does not describe the forest. If you have read the three preceding notes and find yourself with a