Where Stillness Listens: A Journal of Kokoro in Japanese Silence
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Higurashi at Dusk: The Threshold That Listens

At dusk, the evening cicada sounds from the grove across the lane, and indoors edges clarify as quiet takes hold.From ce...
2025.09.04
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The Houki That Keeps a Quiet Threshold

A room houki gathers the night’s fine dust along the weave of tatami. Two long finishing strokes draw a narrow seam into the pan, and a breath of stillness holds the threshold.
2025.08.27
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To Part the Noren: Entering What Has Already Waited with Kokoro

The noren does not shut. It moves, breathes, and remembers the hands that once lifted it — inviting us into a stillness that has been waiting all along.
2025.08.09
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Where Light Pauses: Listening to the Engawa with Kokoro

A quiet reflection on the engawa—where light pauses, silence listens, and Kokoro remains in stillness.
2025.08.09
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