Let's read a few excerpts from a Japanese author's book about beauty in everyday life.
We will explore the text together, each of us sharing our thoughts and experiences. There are no right answers Let's read a few excerpts from a Japanese author's book about beauty in everyday life.
We will explore the text together, each of us sharing our thoughts and experiences. There are no right answers here.
The ideas presented in this book, though they be from a Japanese author and collected over a hundred years ago, are still meaningful today, for they are about the things in life we live with, grow up with, share with others. ...Read More Show Less

The excerpts will serve as a window into our daily lives and allow us to examine our relationships with the objects in our everyday lives. We'll talk about our own sense of beauty--what appeals/does n The excerpts will serve as a window into our daily lives and allow us to examine our relationships with the objects in our everyday lives. We'll talk about our own sense of beauty--what appeals/does not appeal to us, what we find attractive/unattractive.
Vocabulary will come up as we read. ...Read More Show Less

I correct only once in a while. I want you to share what is in your minds, without worrying about whether your verb is in the right tense. If you make a few mistakes along the way, so be it. I will point out mistakes in pronunciation and syntax occasionally.