oops...

09-03-2000, 11:19 PM

On Sun, 3 Sep 2000 23:03:07 Debora A. Orf wrote:

>This morning, as i was getting into my car, an object was tangled in the
>seatbelt....yep....it came back to me.

A strand of once-red beads
>turned black from use....
>
>Made a nice moment of drama in my life tho.
>
>--janpa who leads a nice boring life.

>
>p.s. Thinking of taking up Taiko drumming....

! Taiko are large Japanese
>kettle-looking deep throated drums. Quite cool!

What a beautiful story, Janpa.

A great Norwegian writer, Henrik Ibsen often said:
Eternally owned is only that which is lost forever.

(probably a bad translation on my part, though)

Taiko is wonderful to both hear and see.
An American Taiko enthusiast once told me that traditions have it it is the
Shinto spirit (kami) of the drum that gives it its sound. The deep booming sound
of the drum
is a very harmonized slow vibration, that sometimes sounds like a voice, so I
very well believe that.

Love,

Amanda.

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