Boketto is one of those magnificent Japanese words that doesn’t seem to have an exact English translation.
Boketto is the act of gazing out into the distance with no specific thoughts, to lose oneself in the vast, mindless, horizon.
I do it a lot, and for me, it’s a sort of trance; a spaced out, zen-like calm and meditative state.
Couldn’t you lose yourself right here above the Salish Sea gazing at the cloud-shrouded Olympic Mountains?
I love words like this, don’t you?
Susurrus is an onomatopoeic word; say it out loud and you’ll hear the sound — so many sibilant ssssssssses.
Susurrus – a low, soft, rustling, whispering; a low murmur or humming sound; think of the wind in trees or grasses, a stream or river, snakes, bees, or large groups of people speaking quietly to one another.
It’s also, apparently, a word used to describe a creature in some kind of fantasy game that I know nothing about.
Happy April!
Enchanted Seashells by Princess Rosebud 