Tuesday, December 29, 2009

kanji kanji



dont.but.jp
I have no idea who this is but I like it. although the bg singer kind of sounds like he's dying at points.

oh also I uploaded all of my digitals from japan. they're right shite but you can look at them anyway. I started trying to organize them into more manageable groups but not completely finished yet. I promise I will be better at photo graphing some day.

Monday, December 21, 2009

Medicine and Art

If you're in Tokyo, try to check out the Medicine and Art exhibit at the Mori Art Museum in Mori Tower. The show is a unique attempt to reconsider the science's role in health and happiness and also the meaning of life and death [from the web page].



and maybe you'll see her there! from STYLE from TOKYO.

Film Noir

This winter my inspirations come from a modern film noir style.

Exhibit 1 is Josie Packard from Twin Peaks. I couldn't find any full shots of her, but she wears some really fantastic stuff in the show.





Rachel from Bladerunner. I'm not much of a fur person but she's making me reconsider [fake fur].




Geum-ja Lee from Sympathy for Lady Vengeance - the red eye shadow!




Marla Singer from Fight Club.



I really want to watch Brick.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Tokyo film, no. 1

I just scanned my first batch of film from the tokyo adventures. Here is a small taste.





You can see the rest here. These were taken with a pentax k1000, which I really enjoy using but for which I really need to invest in a flash bulb. Even though I was in Japan for three & a half months where there are like a gajillion photo ops, I really didn't take that many pictures. On the one hand, I really regret not taking my cameras out more but on the other, I had my reasons for not doing so. It was mostly about engaging myself in the moment and not being overly preoccupied with taking pictures as well as not looking like a complete tourist all the time. This is just the first batch of what I have to offer from my trip but I only have maybe two more rolls of film and a few hundred digital photos, compared to many of my friends' thousands of photos and video footage. Speaking of which, I highly recommend you take a look at Vaughn's pictures!

It's pretty weird to be back home. almost feels like japan didn't happen. Before going there, I thought of tokyo in the same light as new york city in that they both seem like big exciting cities that I would want to live in, but just like for ny, I think I decided that I don't really want to live in tokyo anymore. I feel far too anonymous in both places. Especially towards the end [when I was broke] it was kind of a depressing and lonely time, so I guess I left japan with that feeling. But with that said, it was a truly amazing experience. It wasn't everything I thought it would be and it was disappointing in some respects, but I'm so happy I finally got to go. Hopefully I'll find my way back someday, but most likely just to visit.

Home.

I just got back from Tokyo. In the process of unpacking, getting pictures online, finding a new computer, meeting up with friends, readjusting to the cold, reading up, looking up, eating up, getting reacquainted with the Flowbee, getting out into New York before Philly, did I mention eating everything in sight?, and you know, trying not to miss Tokyo as much as I do.

Looking for a new layout. I have a lot of things to sort out but once I do, you will be hearing all about it.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

A dream



from lynann.

i imagine myself here

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Daniel Askill

Daniel Askill - WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DIE from Cgunit on Vimeo.



reposting this video. I was thinking about it the other day and then Becky brought it up during hookah tonight. This time in one week, I'll be in the sky.