aomushi diary

bye bye lj

2009-01-15T03:27:48Z

it's time for me to leave livejournal.
thanks for reading and it has been my great pleasure to be friends with you.

if you are interested in what i've been up to, please go to my website and check out the recent news.

thank you:)

はる

2008-04-22T02:59:38Z

finally, spring is here.

:)

2008-01-14T04:54:30Z

today i learned that Eero Saarinen named his son "Eames" Saarinen.

things i like

2007-12-10T00:57:08Z

野原がいちめん雪に覆われるのを見るのや、
杉の木の下に雪の積もっていない地面をみつけるのが、好きや。
じぶんの生活とは遠いところでちゃんと、
おおきな力が正しく働いているんやとおもう。
じぶんは大丈夫やとおもう。
ほっとする。

winter

2007-12-03T21:33:18Z

夜降る雪が一番好きや。
i love snowfalls at night the best.

ガス欠。

2007-11-15T04:54:00Z

しばらく休憩。

yes!

2007-10-21T04:45:43Z

to Herbert Marcuse.

down and up

2007-10-05T01:12:55Z

yesterday kind of sucked,
but today is just wonderful.

i found Polaroid SX-70 and Polaroid 350 Land Camera for $5 at a rummage sale.
what more can i expect to happen in single day?

good news

2007-09-26T23:04:48Z

yaaaaaaay!

whine

2007-09-14T02:02:24Z

もやもやを消すには：
①そうじ
②ひとにはなす
③ねる

今日はどうやら②のようです。

in transit

2007-09-05T04:02:17Z

enjoying the last week of summer in nyc.
all is well.

ukulele

2007-08-13T16:44:30Z

a few weeks ago, i bought a ukulele.
i learned three codes, and made two songs based on one children's science book.
i can't play fast enough to keep up with the rhythm...mmm...and i don't really know how to edit things right...well, i tried.

(おとのうた)
(みずのうた)

作品展

2007-08-13T01:27:57Z

時間があれば，是非お立ち寄りください。

oh man

2007-07-27T09:38:23Z

i'm burning out.

what i want

2007-07-12T10:45:30Z

水筒と麦わら帽子。
お金があまれば，麦わらかばんも欲しい、な。

in experiments of

2007-06-27T14:18:15Z

きょうの実験。

はたしてスーパーで買ったしなびた天ぷらは、トースターであたためなおすと、カリッとするか。
結果。上の方だけカリッとなった。がっくり。

in experiments of

2007-06-22T14:11:07Z

まいにち小さな実験をすること。
今日は，二日間の沈黙はじぶんをどこに連れてってくれるか、の実験。

little things that i like

2007-06-12T14:18:13Z

家にいて。
うちのひとはお互いが出かけるときになると、かならず玄関まで見送りに行く。玄関まで一緒に歩いて、戸を開けて『いってらっしゃい』『いってきます』、と声をかけあう。だれかに見送られると安心する。そういうひとといる生活はいいなあ，と思った。

雨宿りして。
このあいだ外を歩いていたらいきなり雨が降ってきた。ぽつん、から始まって数十秒後にはざーざー降って、しまいには雷までなってきた。傘を持ってなかったので先にあった建物の軒先で雨宿りをさせてもらって、雨雲が通り過ぎるのを待った。傘を持っていてもどうしようもない、ただ待つほかないような勢いの雨が二十分ほど続いた。道路の表面にたまりだした水を見ながら、すごくうれしくなった。こんな雨のように自分にも誰にも手におえない力が存在する事が、なんやらすごくうれしかった。

そのほか。
牛乳は，世界で一番おいしい飲み物だと思う。
牛乳がなかったら生きていけん。

さいきん。
日本語が聞き取れない。ので、バイト先では失敗ばかりです。
かなりへこむ。

in between

2007-06-02T14:02:55Z

ahhhh

2007-05-24T15:55:24Z

i can't fall sleep...

books!

2007-05-24T12:26:28Z

currently reading...

one place after another - site specific art and locational identity- by Miwon Kwon

this book talks about everything i've been interested in; from art in public context to contemporary notions of "site" in art - activism. i think i'll end up referring this book a lot in my thesis writing. it's very exciting to come across a book that articulates what i've been thinking perfectly in written form. it's like all the pieces in my brain finally come together as one clear thought. i wish i could think and write as critically as she does...

jetlag, homesick, job hunting, and joy of making

2007-05-21T18:38:31Z

i came back to japan last thursday. i'll be staying in Osaka until maybe the end of July.

i've got a few part-time job interviews lined up this week. i want to start working asap...

i also started working on a new project - すきまの間. in this project, i'd like to re-examine the boundary between so-called "public" and "private", and see what happens when the conventional notion of and physical state of the boundary is intervened. so far im thinking of choosing slits of space between houses in urban residential areas as a site. anyway, we'll see how it goes.

oye, i really want to get over this jet-lag. i couldn't fall asleep, so i went for a walk in my neighborhood. that was about an hour ago. hmmmm....

summer

2007-05-04T04:06:32Z

last minute decisions

5/16 - mid July : Osaka - making and saving money, working on my projects
mid July - 8/25: Traveling to China or India, or Russia (any suggestions?)
8/25 - 9/15 : Camping around somewhere in Midwest

夏休みの計画

5/16 - 7月中旬：大阪 - バイトと貯金とプロジェクト作業
7月中旬 - 8/25: 旅 - 中国かインド、もしくはロシア
8/25 - 9/15 : 旅 - アメリカ中西部のどこか

春の日のさんぽ

2007-04-21T03:55:31Z

more→flickr

i just wish the Polaroid films were cheaper...

metal epiphany

2007-04-18T01:30:21Z

i've been learning some metal work for my new project.
welding has been the most exciting part of the process so far.
i want to try the torch next.

i can't really think of any better way to describe it, but for the first time, i felt material talking to me. you'll know when you are doing good welding because the metal will tell you. you can feel it in your fingertips.

it was sort of an amazing moment for me - i had always wondered that my attitude toward material is too forceful: forcing material falsely to become whatever i wanted it to be, rather than working out a design based on its material properties and behaviors. through this experience, i feel like i finally found a clue to working with material in the latter way. so, yay!