It was a warm, orange morning out here in Japan, when I set off for work and the poles were closing in Eastern Canada. The leaves were finally beginning to turn lighter shades, and the sun’s light was slanted across the pavement more horizontally than it had ever been before at 7 AM. It was … More Elections and Expats: Watching your country change 8000 km’s away
I’m on a beach at the edge of the world. The sun eases into the far mountains, makes impressions of fire against those horizon hills, those boulders across from them just sinking into the Ocean. The cascade of colors the waters make stretching across the sand—purple red and blue. The clouds turning pink as they … More Between the Frames of a Postcard, or Not
Source: Electric Stars and Rock Gardens: Getting lost and found again in Kyoto and Osaka
The Electric Dreams of Osaka Looking back now, I probably knew that night in Osaka was coming. It’s why I was so excited on the bus down to Kobe that I couldn’t sleep, why by the time I met my friends two hours later I was so excited I didn’t need alcohol, and the lights … More Electric Stars and Rock Gardens: Getting lost and found again in Kyoto and Osaka
Liam Scanlon 