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Contemplative Beholding

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An Opening Invitation to Behold

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A boy sitting in a tree, playing a flute, while looking at Mt Fuji
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Boy Viewing Mount Fuji, ca. 1839,
Freer Gallery and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Washington D.C.
Katsushika Hokusai painting of a boy sitting in a tree viewing Mount Fuji.
One of Hokusai’s best-loved images, Boy Viewing Mount Fuji (painted as he approached his ninth decade of life),
distills the direct experience of contemplative beholding … listen …
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