Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 312
-dreaming, I drifted aimlessly along withthe crowds, drifting only too rapidly into their ownrestful atmosphere, and accustoming myself to thedelicious theory that life is long with plenty of time foreverything. And as I sat in the sun among these light-hearted people, watching mountains of pink… … Art in Practical Life everything seemed so novel, so quaint, so unexpected.Things were large when I expected them to be small,and vice versa ; the houses were made of paper ; thewomen were anxious to make themselves look old. Iwas fascinated by the pyramids of children gazing in atsweet-stuff shops…
Art -- Japan · Japan -- Social life and customs 1868-1912
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