January 2006

click image for a close-up)

i’m hungry, too.

kyoto-takarazuka theater and kyoto scala-za which have more than seventy years of history, as well as kyogoku to-ho theater with fifty years of history are now closed as of january 29th 2006.

they showed great movies from “golden-era” in order to show their appreciation to all the customers who have adored the theaters.

these are the some of the brilliant movies that i missed a chance to see in the theathers…

“japan’s longest day” director Okamura Kihachi (1967)

“yojinbo” director Kurosawa Akira (1961)

”until the day we meet again” director Imai Tadashi (1950)

“seven samurai” director Kurosawa Akira (1954)

anyhow, the letters on the sign(left) are good-looking fonts, don’t you think?

sad to see them go.

(click to enlarge)

i drew this in november 2004, for my drawing show “nonchalant” at the sleepless goat cafe in kingston.

sorry rabbit, i didn’t realize that money is so heavy.

“IMMER” by michael mayer: includes “perfect lover” by superpitcher

beautiful.

makes you want to drive through the prairie fields.

surrounded by nothing but the sound and the atmosphere.

kompakt mp3

you can even mix it yourself: kompakt kittens. i like 0+5+N+C.

i drew this in november 2004 in kingston. i really like to draw on newsprint, especially with ballpoint pens. the ink sinks in well. it gets old, wrinckled and changes colours just like me.

drawing on newsprint takes me back to my elementary school days. our monthly review tests were printed on that kind of paper and our teachers encouraged us to draw on the back our papers if we had time left over. the drawings always turned out great because we weren’t trying hard to create art but to have fun and kill time. i think that’s how you can free your mind.

election day special:

i drew this portrait of paul martin in MSPaint back in 2001. it was a strange feeling to draw with a mouse, ’cause my eyes sit on the arrow point rather than my fingers. it felt so indirect and sensational. plus i can draw badly, which is great.

his photo was on the cover of the globe and mail. he seemed very fond of donuts. now that he’s going to lose the election, donuts are probably on his mind again.