November 2008


tiny

this little pottery workshop in hongo turns into a cafe on the whims of the owners, and for 1,800 yen serves up cake and also a beverage of your choice in a hand-made ceramic cup that you get to bring home. though there were a few other designs to choose from, it was love at first sight for me with that little doggy cup. i had a much harder time choosing the cake.

i love the textures of everything there-from the rough touch to the ceramic wares down to the unpolished wooden look of the tables and chairs. it was a simple little place filled with hand-made goodness. i’d sign up to learn pottery with this workshop in a heartbeat if they’d only teach me how to create that rough texture and etch my own illustrations on it. but that’s probably trade secret. dang.

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ki2

ki1b

ki3

ki5

longer version: http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=XI6QFpL7h8s&feature=related

tsuro takeshi. he may be clueless, but i dig that simplicity, his voice and most of all, his very open love for his wife. and that makes his cluelessness totally adorable. hopefully, fame doesn’t change him along the way. i’m so gonna learn how to karaoke this song : >

いつも一緒にいたかった
となりで笑ってたかった
季節はまた変わるのに
心だけ立ち止まったまま

あなたのいない右側に
少しは慣れたつもりでいたのに
どうしてこんなに涙が出るの
もう叶わない想いなら
あなたを忘れる勇気だけ欲しいよ

今でも覚えているあなたの言葉
肩の向こうに見えた景色さえも So once again

星が森へ帰るように
自然に消えてちいさな仕草も
はしゃいだあの時の私も

いつも一緒にいたかった
となりで笑ってたかった
季節はまた変わるのに
心だけ立ち止まったまま

出会った秋の 写真には
はにかんだ笑顔ただ嬉しくて
こんな日がくると思わなかった
瞬きもしないで
あなたを胸にやきつけてた恋しくて

あなたの声聞きたくて
消せないアドレスMのページを
指でたどってるだけ So once again

夢見て目が覚めた
黒いジャケット後ろ姿が
誰かと見えなくなっていく So once again

星が森へ帰るように
自然に消えて ちいさな仕草も いつまでも
あなたしか見えない 私も

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17web

made this for no. 17 instead. i think i will change the heart-shaped tree to 22: home instead. he is my ‘big tree’ after all ;) ermmm…can’t quite believe i said that. anyway, one of my students found her way to his workplace and told him she wanted him to marry me. now, how’s that for embarrassing.

this image was taken a couple of weeks back and the quality of this photo wasn’t all that good. a lot of noise was showing up so i had to limit the size of the image. i’m going to shoot RAW more from now, and of course, learn how to expose my photos better. i have so much more to learn but all is good.

with any luck, everything will be ok.

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i haven’t been updating a lot because things got a little foggy the past few weeks. but the view wasn’t all that shabby-at least it was magical in a overly paranoid sort of way. and now that i am done being delusional, i can get on with my life.

the middle path beckons. hurray.