Dear Sophie -
Our time together at the SAIHO-JI TEMPLE (Moss Garden) in Kyoto was one of the most spiritual, aesthetically wondrous experiences of my life. It was sublime. When one speaks of the greatest accomplishments of man, surely it has to be part of the conversation.
I loved the act of copying those scriptures with those long bamboo brushes and blocks of ink. The effect was calming and purifying so one would enter the garden without distracted energy. Despite your youth, you loved the ritual and completed your text with serene focus.
That's my girl.
(love always)
mom