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I thought this article was great especially because of its brevity. I feel as if it provided a beautiful snapshot of Kyoto that was descriptive in what it wanted to show but did not go into too much detail, leaving the reader wanting to know more about the place. I liked the beginning where she said the confusing city made her feel like weeping, which I think signals to her stress and confusion as well as foreshadowing the intense connection she then starts to feel with the place.
I liked her snapshot descriptions of Kyoto that she said felt like a dream in her jet-lagged state. It definitely gave me that feeling as I read it.
I do think that I would have appreciated more about why Japan was her secret home because that idea was very quickly introduced and then the piece was over. More about Japan would be interesting, too, but that would change the piece a lot and I did so enjoy how short and precise it was.
I like the way she was able to put across a mood with just a couple of words, which is important in a piece this short. Throughout the piece she reminded us that the Kyoto felt like a dream, through words like jet-lagged and her getting in a cab to across the street and that she was there during the time when the spirits come back to earth, which I thought was a nice tie in.
ReplyDeleteI also liked the way she she did expand on Japanese culture without it being about Japanese culture by describing the straight white-gravel paths as being painted by Utagawa Hiroshige.
I didn't care for the last paragraph because it was new information that really didn't fit in with the rest of the piece and just brings up a lot of questions that she doesn't answer.
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ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this piece. I felt the dream of Kyoto with her, although it was a short sequence. However, questions in one respect might be a good place to engage the reader to further pursue Kyoto, so I think it might work. I do see what Jackie means, though.
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