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Monthly Archives: April 2015

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meiji to fruits

April 21, 2015 by slow shimo

The following photographs provide glimpses into some of the radical changes that have marked the past century. At the opening of the Meiji era in 1868, only the few Europeans and Americans living in Japan wore Western dress. The kimono, which literally means “thing to wear,” was – and had been since the thirteenth century – standard dress for all Japanese. Elaborate time-honed conventions determined everything from color and pattern to sleeve length, and signified social class as well as […]

Categories: cloth threads • Tags: fashion, fashion takenoko, japan, takenoko

sight unseen: the hows and whys of invisibility

April 20, 2015 by slow shimo

Sight Unseen: The Hows and Whys of Invisibility (kathryn schulz) The New Yorker, April 13 2015 It is possible, according to many sources, to become invisible, but you must be patient, methodical, and willing to eat almost anything. One characteristic spell, recorded by the British polymath John Aubrey around 1680, instructs you to begin by acquiring the severed head of a man who has committed suicide. You then bury the head, together with seven black beans, on a Wednesday morning […]

Categories: i like short stories & sometimes poetry, literat • Tags: invisibility, Philip Ball

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