Komorebi

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Komorebi. Language: Japanese. Meaning: The interplay between light and leaves when sunlight shines through trees.

The Japanese word komorebi has no real English equivalent, it’s a romantic word that describes the sunshine filtering through the leaves of trees and for me, a sign that fall has fallen. As the autumnal sun drops in the sky like heavy eyelids after a summer of activity, the light it casts is thick and low. Picture a walk through the…