condensed purple like smoke & flowers / 凝紫而煙華

i was studying the "ode to the dancing crane" [舞鶴賦] and came across this wonderful phrase, 凝紫而煙華, condensed purple like smoke and flowers.

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"rage has limited uses and serious flaws"
怒り限有り用途狭く深き欠陥
toni morrison quote

deracing a westerner 西方人之脫種
sumi ink on bamboo paper

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if wondering on reason, there is none, cruelty is the point.

“the danger of losing our humanity must be met with more humanity.”
toni morrison

translated into an SQL query in japanese on a hypothetical database 'humanity:

UPDATE 人間性
SET 共感 = 共感 + 1,
思いやり = 思いやり + 1,
親切心 = 親切心 + 1
WHERE 危険 = '迫る';

into sumi ink: