2:37pm:
I’m in Nara national museum. The focus seems to be on Buddhist sculpture. Once again, I have two main thoughts. One is that Julia should be here instead of me, she’d wet herself. The second came to mind considering the intricacy and skill that went into these sculptures which are easily a thousand years old. I’m descended from savages. I’m proud of them and what they did, but... wow. The folds of the fabric are what get me... there will be trailing ends of robes that appear suspended in an instant, ruffled in a slight breeze. I’m sitting looking at two sculptures of Kannon with paint that hints of... I can still see some of the painted designs and their estimated date is the 12th century.