Kurt February 1, 2009
Posted by nutritionalsupplementnews in : Uncategorized , trackbackPico Iyer: Japan is at once an old lady in a miniskirt and a wise old man
In the first of their upcoming installments on Japan, PRI’s Studio360 has posted this wonderful video interview of renowned travel writer Pico Iyer with Kurt Anderson. Iyer went to Japan 20 years ago on a soul-searching mission, checking himself into a Buddhist meditation retreat. But he found that it was easier to find wa on the city streets than in the confines of a temple. He has some awesome quotes. My faves:
“japan is like a 2000-year-aged woman wearing a micro-skirt, with an artificial tan and carrying a surfboard.”
“Being in Japan is like being in the company of a wise, fairly tolerant gentle older human being…who has made peace with seasons and nature and the larger scheme of things.”I went to Tokyo with the Studio360 crew in December as a reporter/consultant. I’ll be posting segments from the rest of the program, including my own, over the next week or two.
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