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Kyle
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So glad to see another book by Ozeki - part of a series, perhaps, of authors examining their faces? - but glad to come face-to-face with Ruth first. As an intriguing amalgam of cultures and histories, she reluctantly starts off her first hour resisting the activity, but able to weave into her time code some reflections upon her family, how their disembodied representation shine through clearly in her own hybrid face.
— Feb 27, 2017 09:08AM
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Kyle
is on page 137 of 144
At one point, she literally counts the seconds remaining in her third hour, with other brief moments to check in with her facial features: mouth okay, nose where it should be. Her reflections, written weeks maybe months later, reveal the Noh mirror-room to be everywhere she goes, every face a reflecting surface, every novel too. Fulfilling Dögen's lesson brought home from China: nose is in it proper place, eyes too.
— Mar 03, 2017 11:14PM
Kyle
is on page 110 of 144
Some wonderful wabi-sabi pondering over the Noh masks Ozeki studied and created, reaching the highest level of mushi-kui among her classmates. Other parts of her second hour are devoted to the mask most women in arts wear, placed upon them by society. Unlike Noh masks, there is basically only one way to view the "crone's" fading beauty, yet through Ruth's Zen head-shaving, she is at-one in her body.
— Mar 01, 2017 11:38PM
