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Today I went to the Mori Arts Centre, on the 53rd floor of this building in Roppongi Hills….

mori tower

…where there is an exhibition, entitled “Sensing Nature”. Apparently there are two words for “nature” in Japanese. The original meant “as is”, and the newer one is like the Western idea of “nature” being like “wilderness”, or “countryside”. There are installations from Yoshioka Tokujin, Shinoda Taro and Kuribayashi Takashi.

Here’s one entitled “Forest from Forest”

paper forest

This is made from washi paper, and you have to stoop or crawl underneath it, and pop your head up through a hole torn in the paper forest floor.

what lies beneath

Two of the other installations are better captured on video. Here they are

Recommended. I haven’t seen anything quite like this before.

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The path

the trail

The other day I went down to the car park and here’s what I saw on the roof of the car. I tiny little creature had spent a LONG time leaving this trail……got me wondering what OUR trails would look like if we could see them…..

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caper flower

You’ve probably eaten capers, but have you ever seen the caper flower? Nope, neither had I, till now…..

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water on plants

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lavender

This large trailer of lavender was parked on the Cours in Aix, and the scent was strong well down the street. Scents embed memories deeply into our minds. What scents stimulate the strongest memories for you?

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I love these scenes where you can see the fingers of a cloud reaching down to touch the face of the Earth, to be able to see the rain making its way along the foothills.

here comes the rain

Clouds are great examples of how artificial it is to reduce Nature to entities. Where IS the edge of a cloud? What size, EXACTLY, is a cloud? And even if you could answer those questions, the answer would’ve changed by the time you made your measurement.

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Hooked

hooked

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hooked

This is certainly one way to catch someone’s attention! You’d be surprised to know how many plants use hooks and spikes to catch on to passers by…..or maybe you wouldn’t, if like me you walked through an area like this wearing sandals!

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What do you see here? Can you explain what it is you’re seeing?

water on plants

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pink vespa

Who’d have thought the King would prefer a pink vespa?
I like it. Isn’t it great when we see a juxtaposition of contexts which makes us think of each of the elements differently?

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