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Yesterday, my art was
Yesterday, my art was not neglected. Erin, who designed the graphics and layout for DigitalEve Japan’s new website, came over to visit after an extended holiday in Greece. She and I fell into our designing habits and played together for six hours reworking the front page of the DEJ site so that it better matches…
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“If you neglect your
“If you neglect your art for one day, it will neglect you for two” is a Chinese proverb that’s been dogging me. A shopping trip with a friend turned into an exploration of galleries in Yanaka an old-fashioned neighborhood in Taito-ku. By accident and good fortune we met Jim Hathaway who paints sumi-e, traditional Japanese…
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Whump. pause. Whump. pause.
Whump. pause. Whump. pause. Whump. Godzilla is romping through our neighborhood this morning. When I was making coffee at 8:10 this morning, a woman outside the house signaled an unseen companion “5-5-5-5” with a flash of her hands. The thumping began 20 minutes later. Emergency vehicle sirens started screaming down the main thoroughfare about 15…
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Tokyo Transportation Series Well-marked
Tokyo Transportation Series Well-marked intersection in Bunkyo-ku4:12 pm
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In the days immediately
In the days immediately after September 11th, the local news reported that quantities (varying from 6 to 29) of people with links to bin Laden slipped through Immigration and entered Japan. Since then, there’s been no news of them. In Germany and the UK there are reports of detentions, questionings, and arrests of suspects or…
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What’s your poison? Today
What’s your poison? Today could be your day. October 1st is Coffee Day, and it’s Sake Day, too. The national associations of these two beverages claim this day to celebrate their products. On Coffee Day I’m enjoying a steaming mug of coffee made with Doutor espresso beans. These beans make bad espresso, but good strong…
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If you are ever
If you are ever in the business of setting up a non-profit organization in Japan, here are four ways to do it: Apply to become an NPO. This is the legal, formal way of going about it. You petition the appropriate government ministry and after about a year, they give you a retiring executive who…
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Autumn brings out the
Autumn brings out the creativity in people. These men stripped off all their clothing (except for a tiny strip of loincloth), shaved their heads, painted their lithe bodies white, and danced a slow and twisting modern dance. A small band of musicians accompanied them. This is not the sort of performance art you would see…
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OK, enough of being
OK, enough of being a nabob of negativity. Here are three good things that have happened this week: The Tuesday night DigitalEve steering committee meeting was extremely productive. We mapped out our long range goals for the next five years. 1,000 members, here we come! Last night’s Women in IT panel discussion, which I moderated,…
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I’m waiting for the
I’m waiting for the third shoe to fall. You know how they say bad things always come in threes. Well, I’ve had two this week and no doubt #3 is on its way. First, my cat died. Eliot, who has lived with my parents since I moved abroad, was 16. I used to swear he…
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