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Ryoanji – 龍安寺

Over the last 14 years I’ve visited the zen garden Ryoanji (龍安寺) several times. I love that every time I visit this beautiful dry garden (karesan-sui) it feels different. It is like watching the same movie while noticing that you are growing old, and each time you notice and feel different details.

The first time visiting Ryoanji I was twenty three years old and I had just finished graduating from computer science. At that time, my rationalistic approach to engineering made me try to explain the beauty of this place in a scientific way. I even wrote a long post about it in my Spanish blog explaining how you could mathematically divide the geometry of the garden by analyzing the empty space between the rocks.

I learned that the important thing are not the rocks but the space between them, but I was a fool thinking that we can explain beauty following a scientific approach. I think I fabricated all the mathematical explanation just to feel comfortable with the fact that an art piece so simple as rocks placed on gravel is of such beauty and importance for the Japanese people.

This time I visited the place with different eyes and heart. I just sat down and enjoyed the scenery without wondering why it is so beautiful and trying to explain it. Now, I’m 36 years old and I grasp the fact that art is never complete without taking into account the subject observing it.

It is my consciousness, through the act of observing the dry garden, who makes the place beautiful and unique.

Is not enough to explain the garden in order to understand its beauty, you have to know yourself.

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Floating sushi in Osaka

This weekend sushi could be seen navigating the Osaka river. It is an artistic performance part of the “Osaka Canvas Project” where artists are free to use their creativity to beautify the streets of the city. I love the idea, so simple but at the same time so surprising, it reminds me the giant rubber duck.

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Sand Godzilla at Shinjuku

The artist Toshihiko Hosaka has crafted a 3,6 meters tall Godzilla at the Chuo park in Shinjuku. The statue is part of the festival “Shinjuku Creators Festa 2015” that is celebrated every year at the end of summer. You can see the Godzilla until the end of this month here.

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