del’s Reviews > Tokyo Ueno Station > Status Update

“Redouté, the man who painted these roses, died over a hundred seventy years ago. And the rose bushes that he studied are more than likely no longer living either. But once, somewhere, those roses were in bloom. And once, somewhere, a painter lived. And now, through these pieces of paper divorced from the reality of the past, like fantastical flowers that do not exist in our world, these roses bloom.”

Kazu can’t catch a damn break omfg

Takes me forever to read anything bc I bring my books w me on the train and listen to people’s conversations instead of focusing on the page