Art of Japan by Rosângela Vig

Fig. 9 – Kanbara, Uttagawa Hiroshige, Woodcut, 1833/34. Utagawa Hiroshige, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Light is the bird:and its flying shadow,lighter. And the aerial cascade of your throat,lighter. And what do you remember, listening to your song slide,lighter. And the quick desire of that oldest moment,lighter. And the invisible escape of the bitter passing,lighter.(MEIRELES, Cecília. In FARACO; MOURA, 2006.p. 222) Cecília Meireles' poetry speaks of the lightness of the soul, of natural things, of walking … Read more