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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I'm trying out the weeknotes format for the first time! I love reading the weeknotes on other blogs, so I thought I'd give it a try. General happeningsWeather was shitty all week: Gray and rainy throughout, except for Friday and Sunday....
I'm trying out the weeknotes format for the first time! I love reading the weeknotes on other blogs, so I thought I'd give it a try. General happeningsWeather was shitty all week: Gray and rainy throughout, except for Friday and Sunday....
Last month, I went to Zine Fest Tokyo as a visitor because one of my friends attended as a seller. Of course I bought one of their zines, and then I also went and looked at the other booths. At the end of the day, the small tote bag that...
Ragnarok Online (RO) is the one and only MMORPG I've played. My main period of activity was around my middle school years, with the tail end of it stretching into early high school. I'd spend hours upon hours grinding levels in that...
I've never been much into fashion and, for the most part of my life, have not been very good at "presenting myself." I don't think I've ever given anyone shit for it, but I think somewhere deep down, I held the opinion that caring about...
Note: This is a list of things that I thought of / noticed while blogging. It's a "garden post" that will be continuously updated. I was originally planning to make a long-form post about this, but meta-blogging (blogging about blogging)...
Note: This is a last-minute submission for this month's Indie Web Carnival hosted by James. One of the most memorable museum experiences I've had was at the 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT in Tokyo Midtown in the autumn of 2017. The exhibition was...
The other day, I did a short "gallery tour" through Harajuku and visited the Design Festa Gallery for the first time. As it says right on the tin, the gallery is associated with the Design Festa event held bi-annually at Tokyo Big Sight...
Note: This post is inspired by ava's art feelings and Vaudeville Ghosts make bad art, found on the discovery feed. Around two years ago, I found a funny radio play called "Professor van Dusen" in the audio library of the German public...
Just like mentioned in a post from earlier this month, I used decided to dust off the big camera (an old Sony Alpha 57 from around 2012-13, I think?) to do some "proper photography" in the botanical garden. The weather was overcast this...
For this year, I've decided that I'm going to draw at least one sketch per day. The goal is to build a habit and draw more consistently. Last year, I would sometimes go days or even weeks between drawing practice. So far, it's going well...
Earlier today, I read a post on another blog (hating on AI writing), and then the NYT article linked in that post. Both were interesting reads, and my reaction was something you'd call hagedō in slightly antiquated Japanese online slang:...
Spent the whole day in Tokyo Midtown today. I met up with the people from the art circle for the first time in a month or so. It was raining the whole time, so we went to a nearby Starbucks for our sketching session. This is the sketch I...
This building is one of my favourites in the whole Odaiba area. It looks like some kind of freighter spaceship straight out of an 80s Science Fiction film. When I walk past or through it, especially at night, I feel like I'm in the...
Last weekend, I got an annual pass for a local botanical garden. I think it's the first annual pass I've gotten for anything, so I'm pretty excited about it. I'd already been to this garden twice and enjoyed it both times. The ticket...