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Spring seems to finally have arrived.
Here are some cherry blossoms from the Seattle Arboretum.
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(adj.) *Cherry
1. having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
Cherry Wild Fruits, Lorraine, Quebec, Canada.
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"You can't use your camera as a shield against human suffering..."
(Zana Briski)
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I am sorry but I don't know the name of these wild fruits.
For more colors!
Takada Park
高田公園・観桜会
This is the night cherry blossoms of Takada Park.
A lot of cherry trees could be seen in the side of moat.
桜が見たくて、高田公園の夜桜、今年も行って来ました。
ちょっと無理くりですが、桜をいっぱい入れて見ました。
Joetsu city, Niigata pref, Japan
Again some cherry blossoms, but with a different lens!
Vintage lens:
Steinheil München, Oscillo-Quinon, 1:1.9/75mm
桜は「満開の美しさ」のあとに、あっという間に散る。この「はかない美」は、日本文化においてしばしば、死や無常観と結びつけられる。
例えば、平安時代から続く「もののあはれ」という美意識は、「美しいものはすぐに失われるからこそ、美しい」という感覚。
散り際の美しさが、まるで死を肯定しているようにも見える。
このように、桜は「生と死の境目」に咲く花とも言えるため、「狂気」に近い情緒を呼び起こす、と言われる。
桜の花に「一種の狂気を感じる」という表現は、日本人の死生観・無常観・歴史的記憶・季節感が複雑に絡み合っている。
美しさの裏にある「不気味さ」や「異常さ」に気づく感性は、日本独特の深い情緒といえるでしょう。
Cherry blossoms fall quickly after the "beauty of full bloom". This "ephemeral beauty" is often associated with the view of death and impermanence in Japanese culture.
For example, the aesthetic consciousness of "monono ahare" that has been going on since the Heian period is the feeling that "beautiful things are beautiful because they are lost soon".
The beauty of the scattering also seems to affirm death.
In this way, cherry blossoms can be said to be flowers that bloom at the "border of life and death", so they are said to evoke emotions close to "madness".
The expression that "feeling a kind of madness" in cherry blossoms is intricately intertwined with the Japanese's view of life and death, impermanence, historical memory, and seasonality.
The sensitivity to notice the "eerieness" and "abnormality" behind the beauty can be said to be a deep emotion unique to Japan.
G-VPIE, an Airbus A330-941, on approach to runway 06R at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario.
"Cherry Bakewell" was arriving as VIR47GH (Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited) from London (Heathrow), England.
The aircraft is named after a small pie, hence its registration.