{"title":"Fleeting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eNothing can be held forever, everything in this life is in a constant state of change. This only makes it all more beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mono-no-aware","title":"Mono No Aware","description":"\u003cp\u003eMono No Aware Temporary Tattoo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMono no aware [物の哀れ] is an ancient Japanese saying that describes the bittersweet sadness and deep emotional empathy that comes from realizing that all things in life are temporary. It is an appreciation for the transience of things, often used to describe the beauty of a cherry blossom or freshly fallen snow. They are beautiful yet cannot last. This understanding extends beyond aesthetics to form a deeper disposition of gentle sadness about this, temporality, being the reality of life. Flowers die, and the petals fall. Snow melts and is trodden upon. Fleeting things are most beautiful when beheld in the few moments between life and death. This short life only adds to the beauty of the object or experience. The flowers are more beautiful because they cannot last. The inevitable nature of finite existence is juxtaposed with the never-ending stream of beautiful change. The realization of impermanence is therefore bittersweet, tainted with sadness, and yet capable of revealing a profound appreciation for beauty precisely because it is temporary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis tattoo will last 4-5 days.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Citrine Temporary Tattoos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44085119909966,"sku":null,"price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/7515\/8094\/files\/Mono_No_Aware_MockUp.png?v=1785130716"},{"product_id":"solar-eclipse","title":"Total Solar Eclipse","description":"\u003cp\u003eTotal Solar Eclipse Temporary Tattoo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn average, a total solar eclipse happens somewhere on Earth every 18 months. Most only last around 2 to 3 minutes, and while the longest one possible is 7 minutes and 32 seconds, we won't see one that long until June 25, 2150. Eclipses happen because although the sun is 400 times further away than the moon, the sun is also 400 times the diameter of the moon. This together creates a perfect storm where the moon can perfectly cover the sun, exposing the outer corona in a dramatic spectacle. People who experience solar eclipses describe them as the world standing still, birds stop singing, and dusk is seen in every direction. For a few brief moments, the familiar becomes something you will likely never see again. Since a total solar eclipse only passes over the same place about once every 360 to 410 years on average, people travel across the world just to experience those few minutes of fleeting beauty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis tattoo lasts 4-5 days.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Citrine Temporary Tattoos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44085127348302,"sku":null,"price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/7515\/8094\/files\/Solar_Eclipse_MockUp.png?v=1785131278"},{"product_id":"fonuafoʻou-falcon-island","title":"Fonuafoʻou Island","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFonuafoʻou Island Temporary Tattoo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFonuafoʻou [foh-NOO-ah-foh-OH-oh] is a volcanic island roughly 500 miles southeast of Fiji in the Pacific Ocean. Once known as Falcon Island, it has spent more than a century appearing, vanishing, and returning again. Just 56 feet beneath the surface lies the volcano that gives the island its fleeting life. First recorded in 1867, it disappeared before later sailors could find it. It rose again in 1885, only to be reclaimed by the sea by 1894. It returned from 1927 to 1949, emerged once more in 1970, and has since eroded away. Fonuafoʻou is never truly gone. The island is so special, because of this fleeting nature, as not many islands in the world are this flighty. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach return is precious because it, too, will be washed away.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis tattoo lasts 4-5 days.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Citrine Temporary Tattoos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44085209956430,"sku":null,"price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/7515\/8094\/files\/Falcon_Island_MockUp.png?v=1785131936"},{"product_id":"silphium","title":"Silphium","description":"\u003cp\u003eSilphium Temporary Tattoo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeautiful things are not meant to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAncient silphium [Sil-fee-um] was traded at the same rate as silver in the ancient Mediterranean. It was grown only around the North African city of Cyrene, making it exceptionally rare. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe plant's most prized product was its fragrant resin, known as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003elaserpicium\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Ancient physicians prescribed it for ailments ranging from sore throats to hernias. It also seasoned food, scented perfumes, and was prized in ancient medicine. Some sources attribute far more remarkable qualities to the plant, suggesting it served as both an aphrodisiac and a contraceptive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Some historians speculate that its heart-shaped seed inspired the modern heart symbol. However, its rarity could not preserve it, as this ancient beauty is recorded going extinct in antiquity. By the time of Pliny the Elder, a respected Roman author, the plant was already scarce. He wrote, “Within the memory of the present generation, a single stalk is all that has ever been found there, and that was sent as a curiosity to the Emperor Nero.” All that remains of this plant are passages in ancient books, gold coins stamped with its likeness, and the memory of something the world could not keep. 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