Where Stillness Listens: A Journal of Kokoro in Japanese Silence
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Seasons

The Shimo That Vanishes: Winter’s Quiet Morning

Shimo arrives before the sun, laying a thin white over the ground. On colder mornings, shimo-bashira rise from the soil and, under a single step, give one brief crack. As light spreads, the ice withdraws into air, leaving no record—only a hush over the earth.
2025.08.22
Seasons
Gestures

The Fragrance of Silence: Memory, Air, and the Invisible Kokoro

Smoke curls in silence. Not to be seen, but to be felt — where Kokoro listens in the stillness.
2025.08.09
Gestures
Gestures

When Silence Speaks: Listening with the Kokoro

On an autumn night, the suzumushi sings beneath the moonlight. Through its quiet presence, we sense Kokoro — not in words, but in the stillness between sounds.
2025.08.09
Gestures
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