I stumbled upon this quote through “StumbleUpon” (how did they know I am into quotes these days?) and thought it’s a perfect description of this weekend. So, I went to this performing art event, one of which performers was a friend of mine. He shoots films and takes photos, so performing was new to him. On the other hand, watching such performing art was completely new to me. In some instances, I didn’t know whether I should laugh, stay put, or respond to the performances. For me, the whole interactions of people, among the performers, and between the performers and the audiences, were intriguing and interesting. Today, I went to watch Never Let Me Go with a good friend. The movie was truly and…
knitting and slow life in Kyoto
Posts from the “4. Book” Category
In addition to Danny Gregory books (this & this) that I highly highly recommend, I have been reading many art and drawing related books these days.It’s like when I was a consultant – we usually start with reading a pile of books in the related industry and subjects. I need this much passion for my work too. I know. Now I probably own more than 100 knitting books and magazines, which I collected in the past 3 years. I hope the same thing won’t happen with drawing… Drawing for PleasureThis turned out to be too basic for me, I didn’t find much new in this book. Victorian Goods and Merchandise: 2,300 Illustrations (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)A great resource for design and art journaling! Heraldic…
不安と責任感、楽観と諦めの間を揺れ動く毎日ですが、この本が心のお供をしてくれています。ロバート・ハリスさんの独自のセレクション、説教くさい普通のアフォリズムの本（やウェブサイトを私は良く見る）に比べ、惹きこまれるものばかりです。大プッシュ。 We are all in the gutter,but some of us are looking at the stars.Oscar Wilde I must start all over again. I must go down into the earth, naked, once more.Somewhere, beneath an open sky, I must find at last what I am seeking.Vincent Van Gogh I wish there was an English version of this book. The book on Aphorism, written by a Japanese writer / radio personality, Robert Harris(half Japanese by birth, and I don’t know where the other half he belongs to).He spent most of his life as sort of an outcast, traveled all over the world, and experienced everything from (a lot of ) bad to good. His view is full of whit, cynicism, yet warm.A great, great book, keeping…
An Illustrated Life: Drawing Inspiration From The Private Sketchbooks Of Artists, Illustrators And Designers by Danny Gregory My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is amazing!!! I love love love looking at other people’s sketchbooks. Such an inspiring book.
Today I spent a whole day restacking and repacking my books into my small bookshelf. I actually have 2 other places to hide books, but those two are helplessly full.For several piles of books, I only had 2 rows of shelves. The remaining 3 rows are already taken: this is “crafts and knitting books” row. And art books and picture books row. And this area is dedicated to urban design/planning/architectural books. Some very technical, like planning laws. Others, the magazine that I used to work for. Found some treasures berried under the piles. Lee Bailey had been my inspiration growing up. Left is a book by a Japanese water-color painter, Goro Sasaki. I love his work so much. Right hand side are the books…
You can’t believe I actually went out for running/walking this afternoon. I walked most of the time, but I probably ran for about half a mile, which is quite extraordinary for me.But I am not stupid as to overdo the thing I am not used to. I just want to fit into a pair of jeans sleeping in my closet. I bought a slightly smaller size (I can wear it but it’s a bit tight) some many years ago, intending to loose some weight. There was a time I unhealthily went thinner (from my chronic disease), but now that my health is better, my weight went back up again.Anyway, I just want to be fit, I don’t want to be thin. I think those…
読んでいます。着物の本。ハマったら（短期間は）とにかくとことんやる性格です。 Kimono books, all of them. I admit that I am more of an academic type – I just want to know everything. And by the way, the very first picture taken with my new iPhone 4G.
As I have promised some time ago, some notes on the books that I’m currently reading. I also carry around a few other books, but today the focus is on Kindle books.Above, my first Kelly Link book, Pretty Monsters. I remember reading about the author in the special issue on Science Fiction novels of Esquire magazine. I was interested, but I got an impression that she was a horror fiction author.The reason I picked it up was because I saw a paperback edition at a bookstore, and it (paper) felt so nice in my hand. It took some time for me to decide that I should not buy the paperback, but instead I should buy a kindle edition.I only finished a half of it,…
Categories: **ENGLISH**, 4. Book
How many of you have actually read this book by Michael Ende? If you didn’t read it while being a teenager, I’m sorry but you missed your chance. This is one of the books that had changed my life, and I am 100% sure it won’t have the same impact if you are already an adult. Being a sick child, I was often absent from school, weeks at a time. My 4th grade homeroom teacher lend me this book, which belonged to her daughter in high school, thinking I had plenty of time to read this extremely thick book. I was terrified by its thickness, but was instantly hooked. I remember reading this book on my childhood house staircase. I was climbing down the…
The book was really great. It’s about how anomalies occur, whether it’s a good outlier or a bad outlier. Major part of the book is dedicated to how some people out-perform most of us. Gladwell spends most of the pages describing that outliers occur from dedication, timing, cultural background, social values, upbringings – rather than the inherit IQ that the people possess. It’s very interesting that:(1) He felt the urge to explain how black people and white/asian people are born the same(2) Also he felt the urge to explain why Asian kids do better at maths in school – that it is because of their cultural background, not because they are smarter.(3) The book gave me some insights in Korean culture. I work with…
Sparkles*United 