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[Europe] Paris 4th Movement (emotions)

these are which i couldn't express in photos, and conclusion of the journey.

delight

-encounters. Krystina, originally from Sydney, I and she have many common points and we spontaineously discovered places and i'm inspired by her and so on.. Jared, from Austin. he has a variety of characters even though he makes jokes all the time;) we should get to know more about us as my english improves. Vince, from Paris, he is fond of japanese cultures and he's very motivated to start new life. his situation is overly the same as mine:) Julia, and other australian guys(sorry i'm terribly bad at remembering name..), a receptionist of the hostel originally come from Brazil. and other nice guys.

-melting pot of moods, you can choose a place to go depending on your mood. every kind of places exists very closely in Paris. so i was able to be just myself not trying to catch up with something else.

-i can sense something which is not painted everytime i stare at impressionist fine paintings. actually, it doesn't matter what you see but how you feel from the arts. they're full of emotion. in Paris, artists still inherit this concept.

surprise

-Krystina and I were taking photos at almost the same time, place and even angle without knowing each other.. before we first met at the hostel.

-when i was thinking about how i apologize that i couldn't find the perfect souvenir, i saw symbols of ladybug and.. in a showcase of a very tiny shop in the middle of nowhere. but i knew it was the place and sure i found the perfect in the end.

melancholy

-counting the rest of socks. it reminds me the end.

-if you walk along the Canal Saint-Martin, you'll see lots of red tents and homeless people living there, and also well-groomed people drinking coffee at neat cafes. many of them don't beg but go to work and some of them live in the tent just for experience how the life on the street is like. the reason is very simple, rent in paris is ridiculously expensive.
les Enfants de Don Quichotte on the Canal Saint-Martin

-there's no enough space to sleep peacefully even for 6 million remains. now they're placed underground in paris and became very famous spot for tourists. it was just too many to feel sympathy for them. death's around the corner, it's not matter of how long you live but matter of how you live at this moment -Carpe Diem-

meditation

-the dark wall, boring faces and nearly colourless reflections in the window, these are what i see on the metro. but one day, i saw gray hair of a elderly lady on board, once i looked at her reflection in the window, her hair had got colours like rainbow.. this moment was that i could see what i needed.

-facing farewell reinforces ties between people even though i will never be able to get used to it.

-how come we're separated by border, language, religion, looks, bias, race and sex? i realized that these differences motivate us to go journey and find each other in this world, and give us a chance to exchange thoughts. we're all gifted with feelings.

これらは写真では表現できなかったもので、今回の旅の締めくくり。

喜び

-出会い。クリスティーナ、元はシドニー出身。多くの共通点があり、一緒にパリ中を歩き回って沢山の発見をし、ぼくに刺激を与えてくれた。ジャレッド、テキサス州から。彼はいつも冗談を飛ばしているが、多様な面を持ち合わせている。ぼくの英語が上達すればもっと味わい深い仲になるに違いない。ヴィンス、パリ出身。彼の置かれている状況はぼくのものととても似通っていて、新しいことを始めることに情熱を持っている。ジュリア、他のオーストラリア出身の人々、ブラジル出身のホステルの受付の子、その他大勢！

-この街にはそのときの気分に応じて行き場所を選べる。それぞれの地域でそれぞれのムードを持っていて自分のペースで時間を過ごせる。

-見せる芸術ではなく感じさせる芸術、フランス印象派を受け継いだアーティストがまだこの街には溢れている。