Enchantment
The truth is I sometimes fear if we will find enough content to keep Zuihitsu going long term. It’s not easy to find the enchanted within our quite disenchanted everyday lives. I like to think I am adept at observing the extraordinary in the ordinary, but they are also long stretches where I cannot see beyond mundanities and the list of things I need to do. The world of tasks closes in and I find myself gulping down my cup of sencha, forgetting to savour its sweet umaminess; or,
because I need to hurry along to the supermarket before it gets too late to cook dinner, I fail to admire a gorgeous tree in full flower. Worst of all is when I become too frantic ticking off my to-do list to notice the small things. The melodious call of the black-naped oriole goes unheard; the baby in the subway carriage eager to engage with a stranger goes unseen.
