{"id":3585,"date":"2016-11-09T22:39:15","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T13:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/?p=3585"},"modified":"2016-11-10T06:31:32","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T21:31:32","slug":"love-unbound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/09\/love-unbound\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Unbound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3590 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_pink_cosmos_600.jpg\" alt=\"161109_pink_cosmos_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_pink_cosmos_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_pink_cosmos_600-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was a lovely blue sky and we thought we&#8217;d take a stroll around the neighborhood. Just then, Shizuoka Duo showed up. They asked if they could join us&#8212;then asked if we minded walking out the north end, through the mountain tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>It was a strange request. A few days ago, we&#8217;d enjoyed a hike together along the Opikkari Ridge. The trees had been lovely, the yellow beeches and red maples, and\u00a0Shizuoka Duo had\u00a0been in the highest of spirits. Now, though, they seemed distracted, to say the least. Geez, I thought, what&#8217;s got them wanting to step into a long, dark tunnel?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3591 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_tunnel_600.jpg\" alt=\"161109_tunnel_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_tunnel_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_tunnel_600-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When we got to the tunnel though, I realized I&#8217;d read their expressions\u00a0all wrong. They weren&#8217;t distracted at all. They were <em>concentrating. <\/em>They&#8217;d written a new song and wanted to hear what it sounded like in the tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, they must have liked what they heard (actually, it sounded better <em>in<\/em> the tunnel), because they kept singing bits of it the whole hour we walked.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3589\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_mountain_blue_sky_600.jpg\" alt=\"161109_mountain_blue_sky_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_mountain_blue_sky_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_mountain_blue_sky_600-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">LOVE UNBOUND<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3585-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Love-Unbound.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Love-Unbound.m4a\">http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Love-Unbound.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>We can look all around<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>And we can make oh such lovely sound.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>And we know our love is unbound.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>So go out and find the things that can be found.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Look around<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lose the bounds<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Share some sound\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>See what\u2019s found.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Nerves unwound.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Love unbound.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Yeah, all around,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The love is sound.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3593 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_white_clovery_flower_450.jpg\" alt=\"161109_white_clovery_flower_450\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_white_clovery_flower_450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_white_clovery_flower_450-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The mountain river runs with water pure.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Follow up, your path is clear and sure.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The deep dark green is one more sound allure.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Here you know the love will long endure.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Big allure<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Water pure<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Path is sure<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>To a cure.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Don\u2019t injure<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Love that\u2019s pure<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>On our tour<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Love endures.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3586 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_Coreusu_600.jpg\" alt=\"161109_coreusu_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_Coreusu_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_Coreusu_600-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Look up to the gold leaves of the beech<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Think about the lives of each and each.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>What they know is so within your reach<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Hear the words with which they beseech<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3588 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_kana_600.jpg\" alt=\"161109_kana_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_kana_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_kana_600-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Each is each<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Branches reach<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Bright gold beech<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Will beseech<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Beeches teach<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lose your sneech<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Each is each<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>All our niche<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3592\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_white_clovery_flower_2_600.jpg\" alt=\"161109_white_clovery_flower_2_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_white_clovery_flower_2_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_white_clovery_flower_2_600-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Climb the trail and see what you can learn<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Find the things that might be of your concern<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Feel the heat a distant planet burns\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>When you gaze into a bright green spinning fern.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Unadjourned<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Yearn and yearn<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Feel the burn<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Inside the fern.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Stay concerned.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Don\u2019t be spurned.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Do discern<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>All to learn.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3587 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_gokurakucho_600.jpg\" alt=\"161109_gokurakucho_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_gokurakucho_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_gokurakucho_600-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>We can look all around<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>And we can make oh such lovely sound.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>And we know our love is unbound.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>So go out and find the things that can be found.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Look around<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lose the bounds<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Share some sound\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>See what\u2019s found.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Nerves unwound.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Love unbound.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Yeah, all around,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The love is sound.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3594 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_white_cosmos_600.jpg\" alt=\"161109_white_cosmos_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_white_cosmos_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/161109_white_cosmos_600-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a lovely blue sky and we thought we&#8217;d take a stroll around the neighborhood. Just then, Shizuoka Duo showed up. They asked if they could join us&#8212;then asked if we minded walking out the north end, through the mountain tunnel. It was a strange request. A few days ago, we&#8217;d enjoyed a hike &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/09\/love-unbound\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Love Unbound<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3585"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3600,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3585\/revisions\/3600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}