{"id":262,"date":"2021-11-29T01:38:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T01:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/17-1\/?page_id=262"},"modified":"2021-12-01T17:18:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T17:18:32","slug":"notan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/notan\/","title":{"rendered":"Notan"},"content":{"rendered":"
Richard Luftig<\/h5>\n

 <\/p>\n

In Japanese, the balance between darkness and light.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The last minutes<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

of paltry light<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

is when sun<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

reveals<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

its\u00a0magic\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

deep<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

so deep, upon crests<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

of waves<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

and ghosts<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

emerge<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

from\u00a0reefs<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

to watch\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

a\u00a0tired tide<\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

turn\u00a0in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

against itself.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But remain<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

still,\u00a0follow<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

your breath,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

be\u00a0patient,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

and\u00a0moonlight<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

will appear,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

hover<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

over sand-owned<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

dunes<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

that seem<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

to try<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

but never succeed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

to caress<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

a receding sea.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This\u00a0is\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

the moment\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

when shadows<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

(continued)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

offer their greatest<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

gifts\u2014<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

the\u00a0sweet avoidance<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

of things,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

where\u00a0future<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

returns to past<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

and\u00a0one\u2019s\u00a0life\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

truly\u00a0begins.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Richard Luftig   In Japanese, the balance between darkness and light.\u00a0 \u00a0 The last minutes\u00a0 of paltry light\u00a0 is when sun\u00a0 reveals\u00a0 \u00a0 its\u00a0magic\u00a0\u00a0 deep\u00a0 so deep, upon crests\u00a0 of waves\u00a0 \u00a0 and ghosts\u00a0 emerge\u00a0 from\u00a0reefs\u00a0 to watch\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 a\u00a0tired tide \u00a0 turn\u00a0in\u00a0 against itself.\u00a0 But remain\u00a0 \u00a0 still,\u00a0follow\u00a0 your breath,\u00a0 be\u00a0patient,\u00a0 and\u00a0moonlight\u00a0 \u00a0 will… <\/p>\n

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