For
those who like metaphors (not me): the difference between German and
Japanese
camera lenses is that while the Teutons* seek clarity, the Japanese
grade
ぼけ, the way things
fall out of focus. It is very easy to put one thing in the
middle
of your frame and see it at the expense of its surroundings; it is harder
to
maintain control of the background, the peripheral, the less-than-arresting
against
which beauty must be relieved.
*good
name for a ska band no?