kazutablog: April 2009

4/18/2009

クロム

自転車に乗り出してから特に愛用しているChromeのバック。

実は自転車に乗り出すだいぶ前に嫁さんに頂いた。

もらった当初も気に入ってなかったわけではないのだけど、正直ちゃんとピンときてなかったと思う。

それが今は、本当に使いやすく、丈夫で、スタイルも好きで、雨の日も風の日も重宝してる。

そんな素晴らしいバック。

4/15/2009

赤い心と青い心

英語だと心も心臓も"heart."

"mind"は辞書によると心または精神だけど、

思うにどちらかというとアタマの中の事。

考えすぎるとアタマが痛み、

傷つくと心が痛い。

よくわからない仕組みだな。

Smoking Something

I used to be a smoker.

I started smoking when I was 16 and smoked for over 10 years.

And then I quit when I was 27. It's been almost 3 years now.

I quit smoking because I felt I was too dependent on it.

I didn't feel like I could release my stress without it anymore, and I didn't like that.

I'm glad that I quit smoking, and it has made my life a bit easier.

I don't particularly believe that quitting smoking is always the healthy thing to do, but I'm glad that I no longer have to worry about running out of a pack, or getting a space to smoke, or the cigarette smell on clothes.

So, I guess I did a right thing for myself, and I don't think I'm going back to smoking again.

But, I also want to remind myself that making everything right is not always the right thing to do. It's not that simple.

4/11/2009

Monkeys Are Thinking

More and more photoshop sketches.

I kinda like how this one came out.

You know how monkeys like to go into hotsprings in Japan.

I wonder what's like to have one of those in my head.

As my recent activities go;

I went to the monthly LA downtown artwalk last night. I saw some cool stuff. And I'm going to see this artshow that my friend, Gary recommended in Culver city tomorrow.

I'm in an eagerly-looking-for-inspiration mode right now.

It always comes and goes in cycles, but when it comes I try to go out and observe what's out there.

I've been following some amazing artists' blogs, too.

The tomorrow's show:http://billyshirefinearts.com/current.html

LA Artwalk:http://www.bgfa.us/daw/

The blog of the day:http://24houremergency.blogspot.com/

Astral Projection

Another photoshop practice this week; this is my entire apartment.

I did the similar drawing of my kitchen the other day, and that inspired me to do this one.

Enjoy the details and have fun imagining my everyday life!

4/10/2009

ヤギの目

ヤギの目は怖い。

いつの頃からか、ふと気がつくと頭に木を描いている。

意味はよくわからない。

同じように、ふと世の中のいろいろなものが繋がって感じるときがある。やっぱり意味はよくわからない。

最近は仕事が暇だとよくPHOTOSHOPの練習をしてブログにアップしてる。今月はたくさんできてる。もっとペインティングっぽくPHOTOSHOPできるようになりたいと思う。

誰かいい方法知ってたら教えて。

Thai Dance

My wife did a dance performance at Thai New Year Festival in Hollywood last weekend. She's been taking a Thai dance class for a few month and just got her first gig there. It was quite an interesting event.

There were lots of people, different kinds of people, eating Thai food, drinking beer, watching Muay Thai and Thai dances.

It was pretty random that my wife, a Japanese girl, was performing Thai dance for Thai festival, but I like the multiculturalism. The event sort of reminds me of the reason why I live here.

She wrote a blog about the event.

Check it out if you can read Japanese or have a decent translator.

http://qottonart.blogspot.com/2009/04/blog-post.html