I Finished "Which 'Aesthetics' Do You Mean" Just In Time To Receive "Draw It With Your Eyes Closed" In

I finished "Which 'Aesthetics' Do You Mean" just in time to receive "Draw it with Your Eyes Closed" in the mail. I really want to stretch my artistic process in 2014, so I can't wait to get started!

Two weeks ago I went hiking with friends at Mt. Kirishima (霧島山), a mountain range in southern Kyushu. During the hike, my camera fell and opened, exposing all my shots of the elevated mountain lake and huge crater we'd hiked to. Despite that, I'm happy with what survived. I'm really enjoying the Minolta since switching to Lomography film.  

The draft for a public art project proposal I want to present to the city hall in Ushibuka (the town south of me) next week. I had my coworker look over my Japanese. This is pretty par for the course for my drafts.

The sixth piece in a new photo series I’m doing on group identity. 

More info at the project site.

Today is my second meeting with Ushibuka city hall employees to discuss Omoidemari, a temporary public art project I've been working on for the past year and hope to launch for the month of April to coincide with the Ushibuka Haiya Festival. I'm both nervous and excited, and I can't help feel at a disadvantage discussing complicated matters in a second language. Still, they seem excited. Hopefully we can make this happen together.  More information on the project here.

Take an 18 by 24 inch piece of paper and make a drawing using nothing but your car. "Draw it with your eyes closed" pg. 8. There wasn't much to work with on a motor scooter, but I think it turned out ok.