"People travel to wonder
at the height of the mountains,
at the huge waves of the seas,
at the long course of the rivers,
at the vast compass of the ocean,
at the circular motion of the stars,
and yet they pass by themselves
without wondering"
Saint Augustine
The Great Wave, From the Series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji," c. 1830-31
Katsushika Hokusai
Private Collection
