Winter nights are long. Currently I am reading two books. One of them is Nou Seirihou = The way of fixing the brain written by Kenichiro Mogi. He is a neuroscientist who put forward a theory of the Qualia Movement. He says "Qualia are the subjective sensory qualities like 'the redness of red,' 'aroma of Rose,' 'taste of milk,' or the 'texture of sound of a violin' that accompany our perception."
I like to read neuroscience books, regardless of whether I can understand them or not :-P Our brain is so mysterious. I feel my imagination can reach the ability of the brain. Last week, when I walked down the street along a railway track, I suddenly felt an old familiar "happy feeling." It was close to deja-vu but I could not tell what exactly it was. I was free, happy, delightful. Maybe those feelings come from an old memory that I don't consciously remember. It would be related to small stuff like the angle of sunshine, direction of the wind, temperature, scent of the air, or something in my vision. When I have such a moment, I always wonder how to keep that or re-experience it at my own will. photo is the closet one to the scene where I was. I can touch the tail of that feeling still now but it's almost gone.
Another book is Himitus = secret, the English Title is "Naoko." Naoko is a tale of metempsychosis--after an accident, your daughter has the spirit your dead wife. Please check this Amazon review. You might know the story. The book became a movie "Himitsu" in Japan; here is the New York Times review. I didn't see the movie but I heard the story was a little bit changed. And some site said this story would be a film in Hollywood with David Duchovny. When it will be released?
And in the end, I got a mail yesterday. Candace said she translated Lemon written by Motojiro Kajii. She said she had become interested in the book because of my post. Thank you very much, Candace. I am very happy to introduce Lemon in English here. 本当にどうもありがとうございました。
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