Poem videos

Exhibition of Japanese artists work

Me and my old friend Lorna Crabbe who shared a house for a bit at Uni have put together this show of Japanese artists in Hastings as Part of the Coastal Currents Festival she has co-organised. Titled Omiyage:an Exchange project, we plan to bring some British artists to Tokyo next year. The show includes the work of 11 eleven emerging and established artists and designers. 

2009

I forgot about this page. Or rather I got busy with other things, as an ENFP this can happen a lot.

Myers Briggs personality tests in my case feels quite right. Suggested career paths include

• Consultant
• Psychologist
• Entrepreneur
• Actor
• Teacher
• Counselor
• Politician / Diplomat
• Writer / Journalist
• Television Reporter
• Computer Programmer, Systems Analyst, or Computer Specialist
• Scientist
• Engineer
  

Thats ok, I am in the right area, kind of. Except that I need to FOCUS. This feels as if I am letting all those exciting things I notice go to waste. On this site comparisons with ADHD were made. Interesting though the idea of tribes.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Other news is that I have started a blog specifically to highlight Anti Trafficking campaigns. I would like to look at Arts and Social Justice but I think I will do that here (stay focused!).Check it out FightSlavery.

autumn

The summer was sweltering, hitting the 40s here. So summer came and went and we have a new prime minister here.

One of the highlights of my summer was the opportunity to attend the Sado Island Earth Festival in August - home of the community of Kodo drummers. Tap dancing with Taiko, jazz piano with hand drumbs and tabla.  

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The Japanese characters for "Kodo" covey two meanings: Firstly, "heartbeat" - the sound of the mother`s heartbeat as felt in the womb. Secondly, read in a different way, the word can mean "children of the drum". `

Watching the Kodo drummers you could see their love for their drumming manifest in all the muscles that they had to use just to play, all the discipline and hard work that must be required in the training was so worth it in the performances, perhaps the same is true of having a small daily discipline and focus on things.

FUJI ROCKED

It came , it went, the wonderful and glorious festival that is FUJI ROCK. Fast becoming a hip destination this year I met people who had headed over for that alone - a couple from Finland, a film student from Leeds, not to mention a Japanese David Bowie who was celebrating his birthday and had been to the last 11 festivals. We chatted for about an hour and I left feeling very optimistic about marriage - so nice to hear how happily married people are instead of about divorce and difficulty.

•  I am now a BIG G-Love fan how good was that band???!!!! 
•  Clap your hands say yeah
• Deerhood
•  Aikainu
• Peter Bjorn and John
• Gov't Mule
• The Pigeon Detectives
• Yoleyole, Surkin
•  Boom boom satelites 

 My favorite place was the field of heaven which maintained and was slightly less commercialised.

summer summer

New beach in Chiba - Onjuku is like fine light pastry to a greasy kebab. Located about 2 hours from Tokyo station and accesible by local trains. I januntily sat my way through the rickety ride to arrive in a place decorated by palm trees - a good start...Eventually locating the beach after a few inquiries in the local Supa i spent a blissful few hours sleeping on the white sand and frolicking butoh like in the water. 

No campjo but a lot more randomness...not only that but it is featured in a highly recommended jdrama - Hero. You can tell from the unusual statues of camels I met some lovely people who ended up driving me round.

CREATIVE BLOCK
In the meantime I can't paint. This is frustrating me as I am going to see numerous exhibitons and helping the children at school and I feel doused in color - throbbing reds, shy mauves, optimistic oranges I can feel them but when it comes to starting on my bird painting again I come to a complete panicky standtill.. I must just start, or rather stop avoiding, make a date, pick up that brush, I know I want to...

video

I found this video on you tube, reminded me a bit of Bjorks one for All in full of love, at least in its asethetics.