When I was very young, my grandmother said `All things with shape will pass away after all'. I can still remember that phrase now. At that time, I believed that some things could live forever. There is an old, well-known Japanese phrase, “Shogyo Mujo”, which is considered to be the ideological foundation of Buddhism. “Mujo” means a state that is in flux or not permanent. People’s memories are made from things that have a shape. But eventually, all things with shape will pass away, after all. Only the memories remain forever. One day I found that some food in a box that my parents sent for me to eat had gone bad. Although I was disappointed about that at first, I just went on to take pictures of it. When I thought about the care and love my parents put into their gift to me, which now had become just rotten and mildewed food, I was overwhelmed with emotion. It was now