I have decided to make it public that I have undertaken a new devotion to the study of the Japanese language, Kanji in particular.
It is partly the depth and multitude of ancient symbols that makes them so fascinating. They go well beyond Japanese culture into the times of ancient China and thus connect to a very old part of humanity. They are very appealing visually and they offer a way of understanding language and the meaning inherent in language in a way that I have recognized as being more than just interesting.
I must now believe that life is not too short to be able to dedicate oneself to large, seemingly endless projects. Defeatism can defeat the defeatist if he or she is not careful, so I decided to defeat defeatism rather than letting it defeat me.
I will make no promises about becoming an expert in the field mainly because I would not want to be pretentious or unrealistic. However, I am ready to be more devoted to learning even when the task appears in the form of huge, snow-covered mountain peaks beyond a vastitude (sic) of desert that I am meant to climb.
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Ganbare man, kanji is not nearly as hard as everyone makes it out to be. After the first 200 it's all downhill.
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