komorebi
Recently, my sister watched Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days as a birthday treat. Now I want to watch it.
Trailer:
https://youtu.be/HTgWYojq-z8?si=MSQurQyT2aJrfcRO
Her enthusiasm for the Koji Yakusho character’s attitude to life, work and leisure is infectious. One of his great pleasures, like mine is photography. A recurring theme of his pictures is ‘komorebi’, or the filtering of sunlight through branches and leaves.
The word is formed from a compound of the words for tree 木, leak 漏れ, and sun 日. Inspired, I took a walk in the park.
