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Momo is - the art of time, the fate of all things, the eternal proposition of the universe, the overflowing floods of the years, the caressing hands of people, the intermittent words, and finally slowly melting. From Yukio Mishima to Proust, from Leonardo da Vinci to contemporary art, from the ruins of Angkor Wat to the gradually falling off ancient Roman murals... The author uses the aesthetic perspective of "Mom" to re-view the world, interpret classics, trace history, and understand life, and then explores the relationship between "Mom" and Japanese aesthetic tradition, restoring a unique Japanese aesthetic and outlook on life. His travels have covered famous architectural and artistic sites in the East and West, and he has penetrated into the microscopic dimension with his poetic eyes, faced the degradation and decline of things with a philosopher's heart, and then penetrated into the fate of all things and the essence of time. He has created a kind of unbounded writing that spans essays, travel notes, aesthetics, cultural research and art criticism, and has also created this poetics of time with a unique oriental temperament. He mentioned that most of the ancient temples that he traveled to in China, Korea, and Thailand were repainted, but in Kyoto and Nara, Japan, people allowed them to fade. "When precious things or objects are missing or damaged, the beauty in them can be discovered." This kind of beauty with the passage of time and the impermanence of all things is favored by the Japanese. Therefore, observing the annihilation is to observe the time between oneself and things, which means tolerating decay, accepting demise, and understanding impermanence. "The nature of heaven and earth is like a huge stone mill invisible to human eyes, and our bodies are temporary existences in the gap of time.