22. On easter eggs, extended media, inclusivity through exclusivity
Hello from a wet and cold Melbourne. It’s been a busy few weeks and thinking space has been compromised. However …
Continuing a thought from the last email on preservation, I’ve been enjoying The Bells of Old Tokyo (2019), a book that doubles as a history of how the Japanese have conceived of ‘time’, and also as an exploration of Tokyo’s different temples and suburban divisions and their histories. This exploration takes author Anna Sherman in search of the temple bells that used to, and sometimes still, ring out across different areas of Tokyo. At one point, she writes,
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