2025 in writing:
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One of my articles on Fragrantica discussed My Escape Fragrance:
“What a strange thing!
to be alive
beneath cherry blossoms.”
― Kobayashi Issa, Poems
The inspiration for this article came from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and her escape book. My escape book was a book of stories and fairytales from Asia. I do not have it anymore. I suspect that it was borrowed, or someone took it from our library. That book made me travel more than once. I felt like living in those pages covered with words and amazing Asian-inspired drawings. I suspect that is why I love the art of Kawase Hasui.
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I have chosen Fragaria Creed because it embodies the harshness of my childhood springs, followed by a rushed summer. The air was often too heavy to breathe, and a sadness lingered in the harsh sunlight over the last patches of snow. I didn’t concern myself with these feelings back then, as I was eagerly awaiting the first fragrant blooms. Since then, every spring, I choose a tree to observe its transformation from barren brown twigs into a white-pinkish cloud.”
Please find the full article below!
Enjoy!
https://www.fragrantica.com/news/My-Escape-Fragrance-23675.html
Art – Kawase Hasui, Kishou Nishi-Izu, A view of Fuji from the Izu peninsula south of Tokyo, 1937
