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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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...
On YouTube, there's a channel I really like that centers around what I can only call "mundane gaming content." Instead of focusing on things like expert gameplay or humorous commentary, the guy running the channel posts videos where he...
This post is related to a post that I saw on the Discovery feed yesterday: Our blogging struggles, and one of the "answers" to it (my blogging struggles). I've been thinking about restarting the blog after an extended time of inactivity,...
Today, YouTube decided to recommend me videos from a guy who explores weird train lines and train stations, mostly in the Tokyo area. I’m not really a train otaku, but I ended up watching quite a few of the videos because I just … liked...
Artists at the bottom of the post Characteristics Dominant colors: Blue Attributes: Vibrant, playful, energetic, meditative, blissful, exciting Temperature: Cool Activity level: High Associated season: Summer Connected fields: Woodland...
Last week, I "did an oopsie" and ended up with no home internet for one evening. I came home from work, turned on the computer as usual - no internet. Tried connecting a few more times, restarted - still nothing. At first, my reaction...