Three Weeks Left

I leave for my new life three weeks from today. The other night, I watched 'Ornamental Hairpin,' a magnificent film made by Shimizu Hiroshi in 1941. In it, Miss Emi, a Tokyo 'kept woman' played by the incomparable Tanaka Kinuyo, has taken refuge in a mountain spa. When confronted by a figure from (what she now considers to be) her past, she explains:
I don't want to go back to that gloomy life. That's no way to live. I didn't want for money. I could sleep when I wanted, get up when I wanted, wear what I wanted, eat what I wanted, see what I wanted--but that's all. I want more meaning in my life.

[spoiler] She doesn't go back. And neither will I.

Three weeks.

Today's photo is of Hidden Beach, mentioned in last Saturday's post.