Before and after the Tokyo Olympic 2020

I saw the hilarious and euphoric look on people's faces by the announcement of Tokyo's Victory over 2 other Olympic candidate cities.

People were holding each other, many were shaking their hands with properly eye contacted,

some even shed tears with all excitement.

Now I pick up the subject of open expressions in Japanese society.

What do we normally observe in many corporate organizations, in the individual households, in schools?

We usually see that we have an inclination to hide our opinions, not to express our thoughts, remarks, criticisms clearly.

It's an obvious contrast to people's faces over the Olympic enthusiasm.

Why is it?

Harmony is what we think is best to let the things go on smoothly in our society.

And confrontation is least welcomed.

We are too much afraid of being in trouble to discuss thoroughly.

But I believe that by exchanging different opinions from all kinds of area , we could find a best solution.

Through only with eager and sincere discussions from every party, we could reach at the plausible answers.

In the Prime Minister's final presentation at the Olympic committee,

he badly assured that the water pollution problem was being solved.

This issue is really big one.

For that kind of important matter, we really need to discuss with every party, not only high officials, professors, and experts, but also to include ordinary people, and some experienced people from Chernobuyllie or Threemile Island.

That might help.

Indeed open expressions are strongly needed.

Tokyo Olympic has a pretty intensive power to change our conventional situation.

It will give us resilience and hope to change for more transparent society.

I hope it will be after the Olympic.

LUDWIG

先ほど銀座で「ルードヴィッヒ」を鑑賞しました、

休憩５分挟んで上映4時間に及ぶ、ヴィスコンティのドイツ3部作の一作品。

監督自身、バヴァリア王家の血を引いていることを知っていた。

彼から遡ること数世紀でしょうが、確かにこの２つの名家では婚姻が行われたようです。

芸術に溺れた国王の生涯は、ただでさえ耽美的なヴィスコンティを刺激して余りあるのに、遠い昔血族とあればなおさらですね。

この映画はすでに数回見ていますが、何度見ても完成度の高さに脱帽です。同じくWagnerも相応に長いオペラですが、いずれも時空を超越して私たちを震えさせます。映画館でポップコーンは、やはりハリウッド映画のみで、とても何かを食べながらこの作品を見ることはできません。「お気楽さ」は全くないからです。

エリザベトとの接吻シーンに流れる「トリスタン」２幕の音楽は、もっとも官能的な旋律で、さすがよく選びぬいている、と感心させられます。

王の寝室のブルーに対して、執務室の赤が対照的。机上のバラも赤からピンクへと変わっています。壁に掛かかる重厚な絵画、タペストリー、天井、床のふかふかした感じまでが伝わってくる絨毯、ドレスの質感、彼の貴族的な世界が全開

Viscontiのことだから、ワーグナーが手にする新聞も当時のものを探し出し使ったかもしれません。

王のお気に入りの側近達が夜、山小屋でダンスに耽るときの闇、雨や雪、夜の世界とワーグナーの音楽。ここには、アポロン的な、輝かしい太陽と昼はほとんど登場しません。ラストで王自身に言わせているように。enigmaですね

Winner takes all

Winner takes all, this is the famous lyric title from a Swedish group.

This tune itself says about the broken romance.

Another phrases from 007'Thunderbird' also deals with the same thing, refraining such 'he takes all, he acts while others think,he runs while others just walk, any women he wants he takes all,,.Gee, it sounds like Aga Khan!

It seems to me that it virtually sounds like the triumph of the capitalism. In this modern Japanese society, this idea prevailed deeply, which allows people think all important things is to win and let others behind and divided. I wonder,for one person to become a Marilyn Monroe, millions of dreamers were out of sight.

The Western-driven Capitalism might be a bit transformed to enforce the Japanese society. The Japanese-modified Capitalism resulted in seniority system, lifetime employment whatever. Naturally we see its demise now.

During the preparations of my lectures for the prefectural project for promoting to settle down for agriculture, I thought above. As they were so young at the class. What kind of determination made them to begin farming?

In the US, the more divided society. Stupendous billionaire get on board a jet owned by him and toast a glass of vodka with ices exclusively made for him from Fiji, on the other hand, motel transients are obliged to stay there as the lack of a good sums for lenting a flat. But this idea makes even costy! What a contrast.

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マナーと文明

マナー

When we refer to manner in English, it should always be used in plural forms, 'manners',meaning it shouldn't be a single. There are plenty of them which should be observed.

Nowadays, it seems we all forget manners as a member of society.

Rushing intrusively into the congregated train, kept sitting in the presence of elderly citizens or pregnant women, getting on to the elevator while people still getting off, you name it.

Why is that all happen?

Perhaps, during the Edo period, there were no suicide, no bullying, at least fewer than we have today. Altruism may have prevailed among commoners. But now we tend to be more and more egoistic and competitive. What counts is to win. That's all. Endless competition and greed are infinitive.

How could we reconcile our wordly sins?

In our civilization back to the latter Edo, people seemed to know how to lose gracefully. As there were always laughters among them.

AD

Albrechit Duler,the master of the German renaissance. He was well knowlegable about the equibility and proportion of human body. His masterwork such as Lucletia, Adam and Eve, the Knight and death revealed his remarkable knowlege for this. He acrossed over the Alpes for absorbing the essence of Italain Renaissance. Where he may have known the philosophy of Ficino, the quintessance of the Renaissance. He immensed himself in this theory and acquired completely. Reflecting it into his pieces and transforming naturally into German maniere, he made himself tycoon of art history. Monogram, AD is eternally engraved with the German Geist(spirits). it's stunning.