But the true originality--true in respect of its purpose--is that which, in bringing out the half-formed, the reluctant, or the unexpressed fancies of mankind, or in exciting the more delicate pulses of the heart's passion, or in giving birth to some universal sentiment or instinct in embryo, thus combines with the pleasurable effect of apparent novelty, a real egotistic delight.Ah, The School of Originality. I knew Poe hadn’t gone over to the dark side. Life is never as black and white as some would have us believe. Everything Avant isn't original; neither is everything traditional. There are cheap novelties. And there is listless quietude. But then there is that Third Way.
A PASSING MOMENT
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This is my rather loose translation of a hokku by Ōemaru, who lived into
the first five years of the 19th century. For a moment,Autumn seen on the
hillsAt ...
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