The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
—The Call of Cthulhu

"In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming."

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this odd look at the old ones and the risk to my sanity brought to you by dragon statues, shinto, old books, an overactive imagination, & photoshop.

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Don't miss the other great photos in the Unique Views of Japan photo series!

1. Waiting For a Train
2. Beam Me Up
3. Comings and Goings
4. Toy City
5. Spinning Shrine
6. Hazy Shade of Winter
7. In the Woods
8. Floating On Air
9. To The West
10. Seeking Meaning
11. Branches
12. Gateway to Nippon-land
13. Across the Universe

	David LaSpina is an American photographer lost in Japan, trying to capture the beauty of this country one photo at a time. More?

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