Three pomegranate seeds in the Nether…land
At first, I tried not to eat any bread or cheese. But then, just like Persephone, who did eat 3 pomegranate seeds in the netherworld, I ended up tasting an inviting piece of old Dutch farmer’s cheese at a party on a boat during a very slow, gorgeous sunset on a canal at 10PM, and a slice whole-grain bread with my favourite biological raspberry jam the day after. But hey, Persephone did manage to negotiate a system of or alternate attendance (sankinkōtai, 参勤交代 ) in upper and underworld —will I ever manage it? But first things first. What aspect of Japan do I want to keep in my Dutch life? Let’s focus on one aspect. Plus, of course, I want to learn 5 kanji a day. And learn by heart all dialogues from the book Genki. And contact my Japanese teachers for lessons. And watch Japanese anime. And we will buy a rice-cooker… but this is not what I wanted to blog about! I want to cultivate a more Japanese relation to space. I would like my movements to express the b...