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Richard Partridge
Mar 16, 2023
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I bumped into Tadao Ando last night, 
a dream I assume or perhaps an 
accidental slip into some nearby 
quantum driven alternativity.

I was assuaging my disquiet, at the 
time, with a visit to Silence. As the 
plumes of fine mist dissipated, his 
silhouetted face pulled to clear focus.

Through the balmy summer lack of air, we 
acknowledged each other in a barely 
perceptible gesture before conversing
in a language neither of us could speak.

The unreality of the situation 
patently clear as I perfectly 
related the enormous influence 
his work had had upon my well-being

and that he got it. Physically moved.
A tear formed in the corner of his eye,
crawled slowly, steadily, down his cheek and
plummeted audibly into his Silence.

As it splashed into the shallow water 
the vapour mechanism kicked in and he
faded away, leaving me, again, alone
in my thoughts and a misty tinnitus.

It was the greatest honour to meet him.
Even more to succinctly illustrate 
my admiration. I wish it ever
this easy to convey a gratitude.

Taken in Mount Street, Mayfair, London in July 2022 / Nikon d750


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George Appletree
Writes The other side of the mirror
Mar 17Liked by Richard Partridge

Interesting photo

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REW
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Mar 17Liked by Richard Partridge

I thought you might find this word and description of it “a soulful one” with its origins in Russia:

Toska

"No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. In particular cases it may be the desire for somebody of something specific, nostalgia, love-sickness. At the lowest level it grades into ennui, boredom.”

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