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I like the sense of insecurity found in the Chinese kanji character for 'Kai'. I can imagine a polyhedron from the character because Kai has manifold meaning: interpretation, understanding, solution, answer, unknown quantity, tearing apart or coming undone.
The first part, interpretation is the most important aspect for understanding, but sometimes it becomes a major factor in misunderstanding.
In the second part, we start on a journey to the solution by answering our own question.
In the third part, we begin to discover an unknown quality, but it's still uncertain.
In the fourth part, it comes undone, tearing apart endlessly like peeling an onion apart layer by layer. - Saiko Nakamura

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from Silent Letters, Secret Pens, released January 1, 2006
Jeff Cairns - shakuhachi
Izumi Fujikawa - 17 string koto
Saiko Nakamura - composer (www.saikomusic.com)

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