What did Mishima say? “Beauty is something that burns when you touch it?” There is something absolutely fantastic about Mishima’s aesthetic philosophy. It is founded on such a sensory baseness that is so barbaric, that is in touch with a primordial flamelike attraction. It makes perfect sense that it was arrived at by a frail young man, who took up bodybuilding, tired of his own physical weakness.
Reflections on Martial Arts and Writing
Reflections on Martial Arts and Writing
Reflections on Martial Arts and Writing
What did Mishima say? “Beauty is something that burns when you touch it?” There is something absolutely fantastic about Mishima’s aesthetic philosophy. It is founded on such a sensory baseness that is so barbaric, that is in touch with a primordial flamelike attraction. It makes perfect sense that it was arrived at by a frail young man, who took up bodybuilding, tired of his own physical weakness.