"Do not think this world exists for you.

The world is not the container in which you put yourself.
The world and you are standing each straight on their own,
like two trees standing in a line.
Neither leans on the other.

You know that there is one big fine tree named 'the world' next to you.
You are happy about that.
Perhaps the other tree, the world, doesn't really think of you.

But other than the world standing outside,
there is one world inside you too.

You can imagine the huge dim world inside yourself.
Your consciousness exsists upon the border of two worlds.

What is important is to make them relate.
relate your broad world inside and the world outside,
which consists of mountains, people, dye works,
continuous chorus of cicadas and so on.

and to control, from one step distance,
the responce and the harmony of those prarel two worlds.

by, for example, whatching stars."

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   This is the first two pages of the novel 'still life'
   written by natsuki ikezawa in japanese.
    i hereby, without any permissions, translated into english.
as i like it.
   (original japanese one is much better, just in case)
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still life - Natsuki Ikezawa