#64 · Dec 22–26 · Winter Solstice
Self-heal returns
乃東生
Natsukarekusa shōzu · Self-heal begins to sprout
Tiny fresh green shoot among frost, dead stems or snow; life beginning inside winter.
Poetic & observational
A slower way of seeing seasonal change.
Photographed by Michael Gebert
72 personal photographic responses — not a documentary of Japan.
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