2008年 09月の記事
The Visitors
Chance and improvisation are important in my work. I welcome the unexpected as a gift and often incorporate it into my ongoing projects. One of the first days after moving into my studio at Shimobun Atelier I found a giant dessicated spider hanging by its own filament on one of the wooden shelves. ...
2008-09-30 |
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International Cook…
I’ve been living in Tokushima for five years now and I’m embarassed to admit that just yesterday I finally participated in my first Kamiyama Artist in Residence Cooking Party. ...
2008-09-28 |
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the art of gardeni…
Our kitchen window in Shimobun is right next to our neighbours vegetable garden. I can see her every morning weeding between her beans and salads. She is in her own world, looking at the plants sprouting from the earth. ...
2008-09-26 |
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September 24 in Ka…
I felt a renewed sense of motivation yesterday after last week’s paltry diary entry. This week I made sure to take lots of pictures. September 24 was a special day because it was the day that Andrea’s international driving permit came in the mail. ...
2008-09-25 |
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Yoriiza Origami Pr…
When I’m working in Yorii-za, sometimes the neighbors come to peek in. ...
2008-09-25 |
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Drawing Dinner
Tonight we had a wonderful fish dinner on Kyoko and Chan’s porch. There were about fifteen of us sitting around the table while Tayo, Kyoko and Chan’s green eyed white dog ran around under the table hoping for morsels. These are the drawings I made in my sketchbook before and after dinner. ...
2008-09-25 |
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The Continuing Sto…
I went to see the place near the cinnamon tree where Mr. Mori, Mr. Higashidani, and Mr. Fujimoto dug a hole for Karin’s work. ...
2008-09-24 |
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The Hidenoya Sketc…
Here are a few pages from my sketchbook. I sit at Nori-chan’s diner, Hidenoya, every day sometime between noon and 2pm eating lunch, reading and drawing in my sketchook. Sometime people come by for a chat because they know they can find me there. ...
2008-09-23 |
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Origami and Yorii-…
For the past few years, making origami together with people has become a sort of life work for me. And last year at New Years, that was the reason why I was able to become friends with a 96 year old woman named Mrs. Ishii. ...
2008-09-22 |
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Keiju and Ami Conc…
Nakajima Keiju (Kamiyama Shimobun resident) will be doing a show with his stage partner Ami. Date: October 5 (Sunday) 2008 Time: Doors at 18:30, Start at 19:00 Place: Kamiyama-cho Noson Kankyo Kaizen Center (The Kaizen Center) Entry: 2000 yen Contact: Yoichi Amano 080-6392-9104 Ami: Kathak Dance Ami encountered Kathak Dance during her travels in India. In 2002 she went began studying the [...]...
How to build a hom…
Today Keiko and I talked about the importance of feeling at home in one’s studio as a pre-requisite to create meaningful new art, and about ways to arrive to that feeling of being at home. This quest for building a home has been central for me in the weeks since I arrived to Kamiyama. ...
2008-09-22 |
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Kamiyama Diary 9.1…
I haven’t been posting much lately. It’s not that there isn’t anything to write about, but there’s too much to say, and while I’m thinking about what to write more things keep happening and I just can’t keep up. ...
2008-09-22 |
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