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monshu didn't work out last night. Friday was the Autumn Moon Festival, but I had a subscriber concert with Renée Fleming (of which more anon) to go to. I guess the pan-Asian celebration at the Lake of the last two years hasn't had the success the organisers wanted since they didn't hold it this year, so Mozhu and I decided to have our own little observance. In the end, this was grabbing sandwiches from a Vietnamese shop and eating them on the rocks as we watched the orangey moon rise over the waters. I can't imagine how much more gorgeous it must've looked the night before when it came just after sunset rather than half-an-hour later.
We were supposed to head over tomonshu's for moon cake, but she chills easily, so I lead her back to my place for hot tea and we ended up staying there, eating leftovers, and talking. Meanwhile, monshu was off to meet Nuphy, ottr4bear, and Rubeus (who had basically hijacked this evening then complained that I wasn't there when it had all been my idea!) for a dinner date that turned out rather disastrous. I was quietly relieved not to have been dragged alone in the end, but I felt disappointed for monshu who goes out rarely enough that bad experiences resonate for a long time.
So instead of feasting with him and toasting the harvest moon with ginseng wine, I went for a tranquil walk along the beach and got in touch with some friends I haven't spoken to in a bit. (One had had a fascinating experience with an eccentric cabbie the night before which he promised to tell me all about.) I thought about the moon and what it represents to me, how its constancy embodies the best things about my relationship at the same time that its changeability hints at the impermanence of emotional ties of any sort. The title of this post is a Korean saying that I haven't found a good English equivalent for, along the lines of "Even if the moon is full, it's waning" or "The moon is full, thus it's waning".
monshu didn't work out last night. Friday was the Autumn Moon Festival, but I had a subscriber concert with Renée Fleming (of which more anon) to go to. I guess the pan-Asian celebration at the Lake of the last two years hasn't had the success the organisers wanted since they didn't hold it this year, so Mozhu and I decided to have our own little observance. In the end, this was grabbing sandwiches from a Vietnamese shop and eating them on the rocks as we watched the orangey moon rise over the waters. I can't imagine how much more gorgeous it must've looked the night before when it came just after sunset rather than half-an-hour later.We were supposed to head over to
monshu's for moon cake, but she chills easily, so I lead her back to my place for hot tea and we ended up staying there, eating leftovers, and talking. Meanwhile, monshu was off to meet Nuphy, ottr4bear, and Rubeus (who had basically hijacked this evening then complained that I wasn't there when it had all been my idea!) for a dinner date that turned out rather disastrous. I was quietly relieved not to have been dragged alone in the end, but I felt disappointed for monshu who goes out rarely enough that bad experiences resonate for a long time.So instead of feasting with him and toasting the harvest moon with ginseng wine, I went for a tranquil walk along the beach and got in touch with some friends I haven't spoken to in a bit. (One had had a fascinating experience with an eccentric cabbie the night before which he promised to tell me all about.) I thought about the moon and what it represents to me, how its constancy embodies the best things about my relationship at the same time that its changeability hints at the impermanence of emotional ties of any sort. The title of this post is a Korean saying that I haven't found a good English equivalent for, along the lines of "Even if the moon is full, it's waning" or "The moon is full, thus it's waning".
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