Adjectives of Scale

“Avoid adjectives of scale, you will love the world more and desire it less.”

-- Former poet laureate Robert Hass paraphrasing Japanese haiku master Matsuo Bashō. Howard Norman recently traveled the 17th century Japanese poet's path for his National Geographic article, "On the Trail of a Ghost." See more photos taken for this project by Michael Yamashita.

[Thanks Dōshin!]