Kyle Thomas Hemingway: The ephemera edit

An ongoing digital archive of 1,364 items (and counting) proving that I read, I saw, and I actually paid attention.

Collection

Japan

  • Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style

    by W. David Marx

    “So how did the Japanese save American style? The Americans discarded style as it became unfashionable and moved on to new things. The Japanese collected, analysed and improved it, and sold it back.”

  • “Satisfy your mind by responding to your senses. We need to be actively conscious of them and not going about aimlessly in our daily lives.”

  • Tokyo: The Monocle Travel Guide

    by Monocle

    “In the West, frozen water is simply used to chill and dilute a drink; in Japan it is an active participant.”

  • In Praise of Shadows

    by Jun’ichirĹŤ Tanizaki

    “The quality that we call beauty, however, must always grow from the realities of life, and our ancestors, forced to live in dark rooms, presently came to discover beauty in shadows, ultimately to guide shadows towards beauty’s ends.”