Episode : In Praise of Shadows
00:00:00 - Hi, and welcome to today's podcast, in which I, Maneon Carpintero, am going to talk about the 1933 GEM book, Embrace of Shadows.
00:00:10 - We can say that this book is basically an examination of the differences between Western and Eastern culture, and the Eastern appreciation for all things, right or right, and the
00:00:20 - Eastern appreciation for things with shadows and darkness.
00:00:24 - First, let's talk about the art of this piece.
00:00:27 - Japanese literary titan, Yuni Chirotani-Saki, who was born on July 24 of 1886 in Tokyo, Japan.
00:00:35 - He's mostly known for his style of writing, which is characterized by irony. He wrote a lot about comparisons between Eastern and Western culture, but also about destructive eroticism and obsession. Now, what is the book about? Embrace of Shadows Examinates the lecture foundation of the Japanese tradition contrasting broadly with the foundations of western toe. Tani Saki describes the West as highly industrialized, motivated by a capitalist system that places value on commodities and alternatives. Tani Saki argues that Japanese society places value often on the negation of these objects, their shadows. Now, what can we say about this book and why you should read it. It is a really good option if you are interested in
00:01:26 - Japanese culture since it expresses personal reflections on topics as diverse as architecture and its fittings, crafts and how the author expresses about origami, for example, finishes
00:01:41 - This book was originally published in 1933 in Japanese and its English translation was published in 1977.
00:02:03 - This book is a small meditative work of 73 pages of which 59 are the essay itself.
00:02:12 - And finally, I'm going to read a quote that is part of the book.
00:02:16 - We find beauty not in the thing itself, but in the potters of shadows, the light and the darkness.
00:02:23 - That one thing against an art creates, but enough for shadows there will be no beauty.
00:02:32 - Thank you so much for listening to this podcast and see you next time!
