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There is history in the material. Touching something that has been touched for 100s of years is almost spiritual. Seeing the cracks and splits, the dings and c
by flarg 5y ago
There is history in the material. Touching something that has been touched for 100s of years is almost spiritual. Seeing the cracks and splits, the dings and cuts. In the West history is tactile.
- andrewzah 5y agoAnd it’s somehow not in places other than the West…? The temples I visited in South Korea were pretty tactile to me.
- bigfudge 5y agoI think where the maintenance is continuous that has a different quality. Places in Japan are often like this - yes everything has been replaced, but primary timbers etc have not … there is continuity. I think there is a strong analogy to personal identity here too. All the cells in our body are replaced, but we are still Ourselves! If too much were to be transplanted at once, or things we consider too fundamental, the suffer identity worries.
- Dma54rhs 5y agoI don't think the parent implied it isn't but shared the common culture and sentiment in the west.