Day 3938: Meoto Iwa and highlights.

 

  

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Meoto Iwa (夫婦岩)

 

Meoto Iwa (夫婦岩), or Married Couple Rocks, is a  kind of rock formation seen as religiously significant in Shinto. They are a subtype of Iwakura rock. According to Shinto Religion, the rocks represent the union of the creator kami, Izanagi and Izanami. The rocks, therefore, celebrate the union in marriage of man and woman They are joined by a shimenawa (a heavy rope of rice straw) and are considered sacred by worshippers of the shrine

 

The shimenawa, composed of five separate strands which each weigh 40 kilograms,^[1] must be replaced several times a year in a special ceremony. The larger rock, said to be male, has a small torii at its peak.  At dawn during the summer, the sun appears to rise between the two rocks. Mount Fuji is visible in the distance. At low tide, the rocks are not separated by the water. 

 

 

I have friends who recently had their 41st Anniversary and I sent them wishes with the Meoto Iwa image, and thought of sharing this with you. This image appeals to me.

Mei and Masa Okamura

I highlight passages when I read. 

Do you?

 I am often moved by writers who can assemble 

just the right words to convey their meaning.
 

 

 

 

 

A great 1+ minute, recycled orchestra here.

 

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Day 3937: Cycle and Books

   

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Triangles over circles? YouTuber builds funky cycle with special wheels

“The Q” fabricated a pair of arms and a roller for each “wheel,” allowing their centers to move linearly, with each roller and the flat ground forming a pair of parallel lines. See video below.

 

“Books are frozen voices, in the same way that musical scores are frozen music. The score is a way of transmitting the music to someone who can play it, 

releasing it into the air where it can once more be heard. And the black alphabet marks on the page represent words that were once spoken, if only in the writer’s head. They lie there inert until a reader comes along and transforms the letters into living sounds. 

The reader is the musician of the book: each reader may read the same text, just as each violinist plays the same piece, but each interpretation is different.”
 

Margaret Atwood

 

 

A great 5+ minute video, triangle wheels, here.

 

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Silverpeared. Mesia

 

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Day 3936: 5 degrees and Highlight.

 

"Before...": altered photo

      

 

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Fullerton College

12-year-old graduates with 5 degrees

One 12-year-old was busy collecting his degrees Saturday.  Clovis Hung, with his cap and gown on, took to the Fullerton College stage as his name was called in the daytime graduation ceremony.

Hung, at just 12 years old holds the record at Fullerton College as the youngest graduate to earn five degrees.

"I feel proud of myself. Hard work has finally paid off," Hung said in a Fullerton College interview.

The tween enrolled at Fullerton College when he was nine years old and got to work earning Associate of Arts degrees in History, Social Sciences, Social Behavior and Self-Development, Arts and Human Expression, and Science and Mathematics.

"Clovis is super inquisitive, mature, diligent, self-disciplined, and highly motivated. He is also very curious and traditional public schools could not satisfy his curiosity, therefore, the best option was college," said Song Choi in a Fullerton College interview.

The young graduate still enjoys basketball, Boy Scouts and playing Roblox, he does have future plans.

"I feel really proud of what I've accomplished so far," Hung said. "I also just joined the Civic Air Patrol and hope to get my pilot license at age 16."

He says he hopes to someday get a job that serves the community.

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet,  by Jamie Ford

and I love it. 

I have a habit of highlighting the special parts of books, the beautifully written words. Do you do that?

 

 

 

A great  3+minute video, ducks in a row, here.

 

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