Seven Breaths
March 28th, 2008
It sounds like a lame joke but it’s true: it took me all week to figure out that I wanted to post the following bit of wisdom from the Hagakure, via Ghost Dog:
In the words of the ancients, one should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths. It is a matter of being determined and having the spirit to break through to the other side. (listen)
Certainly lines up nicely with T.H. White’s lesson on how to pull the sword from the stone, quoted earlier. One person who clearly has the spirit to break through to the other side is fickle-blogger Ryan Adams, who can make a movie and write a song called “Thursday Night” and post it on Friday morning.
“THURSDAY NIGHT” from Ryan Adams on Vimeo.
The Hidden Blade
September 19th, 2006
Stately Japanese drama about a samurai who loves his servant and has to fight his friend during the period when Western technology made the warrior caste obsolete. Surprisingly sweet.
The Hidden Blade, Yoji Yamada, 2004. ***
