Its a nicety of coincidence that fairly recently i be-Friend-Listed somebody who's individual take subtly captured attention during a pissed off wander to Further Livejay; and that the said person later turns out to be not only a full-time artist, but a Japanese artist, in Japan.
多謝 again to that howling teikasaurus for posting articles, links and background/local, exciting! info. Ta!
I hadn't even thought about the ocean reefs until yesterday and now I keep thinking about scuba diving off Okinawa. I checked and the ship provides all necessary equipment. Gurrate i can't wait.
Have been very deliberately keeping a lid on things - not hard at first when i was so rotten miserable - because I've a lot to get done b4 I go (i'm flying far east on 10th march, first to China).... also I'm just dreading taking Circuit and Panzer out to Essex and leaving them there.
Circuit is my shadow fr god's sake.
But every so often a wisp of that mad, exhilirating wanderlust drifts in on the breeze -- ! Hug the breeze!
Below - pic by contemporary, Otomo (cz i have probably embarrassed mr S enough)....and other fractions of the supercharged imagery that spring from the screen on googlelaunch japanese art......

owl by 18th C artist Hiroshige....

+ ageless linearity for the tat-lovers.....

Maruyama (b.1968) -

an advert for chiyogami origami paper in traditional patterns - gorgeous : D

多謝 again to that howling teikasaurus for posting articles, links and background/local, exciting! info. Ta!
I hadn't even thought about the ocean reefs until yesterday and now I keep thinking about scuba diving off Okinawa. I checked and the ship provides all necessary equipment. Gurrate i can't wait.
Have been very deliberately keeping a lid on things - not hard at first when i was so rotten miserable - because I've a lot to get done b4 I go (i'm flying far east on 10th march, first to China).... also I'm just dreading taking Circuit and Panzer out to Essex and leaving them there.
Circuit is my shadow fr god's sake.
But every so often a wisp of that mad, exhilirating wanderlust drifts in on the breeze -- ! Hug the breeze!
Below - pic by contemporary, Otomo (cz i have probably embarrassed mr S enough)....and other fractions of the supercharged imagery that spring from the screen on googlelaunch japanese art......
owl by 18th C artist Hiroshige....
+ ageless linearity for the tat-lovers.....
Maruyama (b.1968) -
an advert for chiyogami origami paper in traditional patterns - gorgeous : D