PINEWIND
PINEWIND
PINEWIND
I'm a 30-something guy, originally from Europe, but now based in Japan/Tokyo. I enjoy art (both appreciating and creating), reading, stationery, various forms of note-taking and journaling, design in almost all of its forms, architecture, and occasionally going to karaoke (although I'm not very good at it).
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Last weekend, I went to the exhibition "The Creative Origins of Mamoru Hosoda" that's currently being held at Creative Museum Tokyo (until August 31st). The price was a bit high for my tastes at ¥2,500, but I was going with a friend and...
There's an upcoming exhibition at the Azabudai Hills Gallery about "The Monsters" by Kasing Lung. They've put up these big window stickers, and I've been walking past them every day when heading to work. I was surprised how much I liked...
Back in my early teens, I was a big fan of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Season 1 of the show had just finished airing in my home country, and in the US, Season 2 was about to start. Wanting to get more info about the new season was what...
General happeningsAn unremarkable week. I really got into Pokemon for some reason, especially Fakemon design. Many YouTube videos following the "[number] artists design Pokemon [insert stipulation here]" format were watched. I also found...
I like to drum along with my fingers when listening to music. But not in a "just tapping to the beat" kind of way. Instead, I pretend to play some imaginary instrument, probably one with keys ... so something like a piano or an...
General happeningsVery art-heavy week. I've been consistently doing more than my self-mandated daily sketch, which is good! I also gave myself some hand / wrist pain from drawing too much (or maybe too long with awkward hand placement /...
I rarely watch anime anymore, except for the occasional movie. However, as mentioned in one of my weeknotes from last month, I occasionally get bouts of nostalgia for shows that I watched in the past. The most recent one is Shin Sekai...
I a movie that I recently watched, the weather (a typhoon, to be precise) plays a key role for the progression of the plot. To foreshadow this, weather reports are used as background noise during establishing shots throughout the movie....
A gentle rocking The train glides through the rice fields World of blue and green
General happeningsFirst half of Golden Week is over. Unfortunately, it started off with rather bad weather this year - three days of grey skies and rain. Still, I managed to not "waste a day" (= just staying at home and listlessly...
I did it! In April, I did one month of daily blogging, one new post per day. Usually I put all my blogging thoughts into the thought-log, but I think a milestone like this warrants its own entry. I wasn't really planning on doing this...
For the second day of Golden Week, I went to see "A New Dawn" at Cinemalice in Jinbocho. This is an animated movie directed by Yoshitoshi Shinomiya. Shinomiya is a nihonga artist1 and worked under Makoto Shinkai; A New Dawn is his...
Golden Week started off rather silvery-gray with overcast skies and some light drizzle. Did another hike with some friends today. The destination was Mt Hiwada in southern Saitama. It's more of a hill than a mountain, only 300-something...
Some of my favourite Japanese place names, mostly from the greater Tokyo area. 001 - Maihama (舞浜)Maihama station is best known as the main access point for Tokyo Disney Land. I've only been to Disney Land once (and don't intend to go...
I've noticed that there are a handful of popular topics that get brought up more than others on the Bear Blog Discovery Feed: AI, meta-blogging (blogging about blogging), social media, the indie web etc. Another topic that pops up every...