Today is Kodomo no Hi, the Children's Festival...all over Japan you can see the carp streamers fluttering gaily in the wind. The way humanity is going, they may one day be the only reminders of a nature no one respects...but if you're Claire you're wise and know to see the real carp swirling in the pond.
On the other side of the newly installed bars, the carp lurk in the depths, coming up to the surface to enjoy the morning...
Life roils and heaves, with glorious eddies and splashes sparkling in the sunshine...
Kimono lore says you should wear the flower before it comes into season, because no picture or fabric can outshine the real thing, the true beauty of nature...those gaudy carp streamers pale beside the energy of the fish and the glory of the water draped in ripples round their body...
Luna and Nobu have lost interest, but Claire is still focused on the dance...like butterflies in the water, the ripples build patterns of beauty round the dorsal fins...
Time to breathe and rejoice in the joy of children and movement and chaos, tears and laughter and dirty snotty noses, poops and vomit and rich warm earthy life in all its glory.
Photos by Lelantos
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