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Origami
Origami (折り紙?, from ori meaning "folding", and kami meaning "paper" (kami changes to gami due to rendaku) is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, which started in the 17th century AD at the latest and was popularized outside of Japan in the mid-1900s. It has since evolved into a modern art form.
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Nothing is set in stone. A bird can be refolded into a boat, a fish, a kimono, or any other extravagant vision. At other times it aches to return to its original folds. The paper begins to fray. It tires, rebels.
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― A Thousand Paper Birds
― A Thousand Paper Birds
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A master of origami said he tried to express with paper the joy of life, and the last thought before a man dies.
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― A Thousand Paper Birds
― A Thousand Paper Birds
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