I'll Leave It To You
Ойын-сауық
A video essay on the Japanese concept of omakase, which literally means “I’ll leave it to you.” But the word means more than that. It evokes a kind of calculated surrender to another, a leap of faith towards the unknown, and a willingness to relinquish control of a situation.
This video was a collaboration with Chang Che. Chang is a writer focusing on Chinese politics and society. He also writes on technology and Japanese politics. He is the business editor at SupChina and his writings have appeared in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, The LA Review of Books, The Point, Nikkei Asia, and others.
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Fantastic video essay. I love the concept of omakase. A great way to experience new things. I wish there wish there were more ways to have it filter in and provide bits of chaotic freedom to our routine based lives.
This hit at the heart of what I feel many of us have been feeling these past 18 months or so. Thank you for your perspective. I appreciated and connected with it deeply.
Relate to this spontaneous temperament 100%. It's the mark of a content flaneur, thinker, daydreamer. Oh how we have all been deprived of the rich rewards of embracing the liminal and unexpected in our social interaction and inhabiting of place.
Beautiful.
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Thanks!