The Tale of Genji
In the fleeting nature of relationships, what am I trying to hold on to?
📝ONGO's Reflection
When I first met, through this book, the deep emptiness flowing beneath the splendor of the Japanese imperial court of the Heian era a thousand years ago, I let out a deep sigh. Genji's life, standing at the summit of love and power, looks perfect on the surface, yet in the end all things are as fleeting as cherry blossoms that bloom and fall. The author renders, with cool clarity, how futile and yet how beautiful human desire is. This grand tale, quietly soothing the loneliness and sorrow hidden behind our splendid masks, gently tells us that our lives today, too, are in the end like a single dream.
"The dewdrop on the lotus leaf, the fading flower—everything in this world is but a fleeting dream."Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji
"연잎 위의 이슬도, 시들어가는 꽃도, 이 세상 모든 것은 그저 덧없는 꿈일 뿐이다."
🌱Apply It Today
Today, capture in a photo or a few short lines a bond or moment around you that is all the more precious because it cannot last.
