17 Jul 2024
Dream
Jiyan, a calm, resolute and righteous military commander from Wuthering Waves, the game I like
We talk or something I forgot what
Shrine and dance performance
Misty shrine, middle of nowhere mountain in Middle-West Japan
I’m here with a group to observe a Kagura dance performance that tells the origin of Japan
The kagura-den is wooden, but somehow the inside feels like a small Midwestern church and the kagura-den; a mix of both
The audience is allowed to be inside the stage or leave as they please to get better angles, so I go back and forth between inside and outside to watch from the stage or from below it
The shrine maiden performing it has red and pale white traditional stage makeup, and she smiles at me when I stare at her too long
They’re so ethereal
The guide for this group pilgrimage program thing is explaining the story
There’s one about the making of the country, and another about how the god they’re worshiping at this particular shrine played a role in it
Some kind of a white fox…
Continuation of the dream from last night? The cliff one
We’re talking, the storm comes, we take shelter, I run into the rain alone despite warnings and chastising of the wiser members of the team
I find a small, me-sized cave, I’m nestling in it
Mosses, water dropping from the ‘roof’, it’s like I’ve shrunk to the size of grasses and stuff, everything around me is vibrant and comforting