by kuri | Jun 16, 2021 | Go-go-go, Japan
Recently, Fujii-san acquired 12 tons of tile that was going to be sent to the dump by a construction company. 8 enormous bags of it that needed to be lifted by crane. Each bag is filled with completely random odds and ends from projects. There’s all kinds of...
by kuri | Jun 1, 2021 | Go-go-go, Japan, Personal Reflections
At the end of today, it was done. The kominka is nothing more than ashes and a few piles of straw and rubble. There’s more to do, of course. Those piles of hay need to be moved and the lot flattened out and readied for the next stage. But we’re all overdue...
by kuri | May 31, 2021 | Go-go-go, Japan, Personal Reflections
The weather today was sunny and felt more blistering than the 23C the weather apps said. Everyone at 555 seemed tired. Despite that, we all worked hard and many things happened. The yumbo lifted off the large section of totan sheeting that had blown off the roof in...
by kuri | May 31, 2021 | Drawings, Go-go-go
Abstracted and meditational drawings I made this week based on photos of the charred beams of 555 Hiratsuka.
by kuri | May 31, 2021 | Go-go-go, Japan, Personal Reflections
There is a stele at the top of the east road at 555, right around where I think the old road branched down the hill to the next village. This stone tablet was hidden by weeds until this week, when someone in the work crew uncovered it. It’s a bit of a mystery....
