I adore the intro to Mushi-shi, an anime that involves yokai and a wandering fellow who takes an interest in them. Ally Kerr's "Sore Feet Song" plays (at least in the English opening) to the shifting scenes of blurry green foliage.
It's part of my dream world. The regular interaction with trees, grass, and fresh air, and spending time getting lost in it all. Did you see Fred Penner's Place?
Mushi-shi's intro reminds me strongly of that, of wandering through the woods until you find a cozy place. I also enjoy the song perhaps too much.
The weather this winter has been weird. Normally I try to wander through deep snow in the woods, but there hasn't been many opportunities, getting out only a couple times, once with a fellow iaidoka, for late night wanderings, feeling like totally awesome samurai in a (the only) blizzard. I feel like I've made good use of the warm weather though, and taking the time for detours through woods along the Speed River, so I won't just be dreaming about doing it. :)
Still, I hope to find a happy situation where I have freedom to run through woods like a silly man, like I did a bit in New Zealand, pretending in my mind to be a heroic Hylian as I bound about taking it all in.
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