I finally came around to watching X (see Swen’s for how it started, the comment section). Or, to better phrase it, K. came around to hold my hand and explain things while I watched the movie.

I am not totally convinced of it’s quality but at least it made me research all the cherry blossoms. I mean, there are cherry blossoms everywhere – blood turns into them, people turn into them, dreams turn into them and as everything turns into them, they need to go somewhere so they are floating around everywhere – on top of Tokio tower, in back yards and again, in dreams.

So, this is what I found (here):

Cherry blossoms are the flowers most beloved by the Japanese. Because cherry blossoms have short blooming times and are fragile, they have been used to symbolize the transience of life; this symbolism meshed well with the teachings of Buddhism. Also, since cherry trees blossom en masse, they have also been used as metaphors for clouds. Fallen blossoms, not to be ignored, are likened to snow and later, as a metaphor for a warrior killed early in life.

I can’t say I understand X better now, though.