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he turned around to pick me up. two softcovered surfboards, two landry baskets lined with plasitc bags and a relaxed face fill the small car. i find place sitting in the trunk. actually two. my backpack resting on the wave riding devices. my butt slowly getting wet by means of the leaking wetsuit. in aurstalia is where he picked up on surfing, working holiday. now he is working as a driver. his…
honestly, this is a mixed bag. the last weeks are a rolercoaster of emotions. i find myself laughing to myself in the park and with tears in a museum looking at a photograph from okinawa. usually i am, it sounds harsh writing it down, ok with leaving things behind. taking “the next step”, looking for the new always was of importance. today i feel different. this also has to do with the recently…
when i came to japan my goal was clear. learn about culture, language and see most of the place. over time i forgot that goal, or more accurately, it slipped into subconscious. now i remember, because it brought me to a place i could not have been aiming for consciously. it began last week with a normal monday of work. eight to four i was carrying, gardening, painting. after work and a shower, a…
a fast food restaurant with cigarette opportunity. the smoking room is inside the electric-smoking room. smoking inception. in the middle of 5 square meters an ashtray holding a little pool of water. it gives a faint hiss as a woman tips her cancer stick on the pool’s stainless steel edge. her eyes are fixed on her telephone screen, looking through a pair of black narrow glasses resting on the tip…
it was last week i received a photo of some homemade, good looking pad thai via internet message. it gave me an idea. the next day i followed the intermaps to a nearby restaurant once more. the tables were occupied and just as i spotted the dish on a laminated picture on the wall, a small table on the far side became unoccupied . i placed the order and sat down, charging my phone, watching the…
its march in okinawa. it has been five months since birds calling. easy to imagine my good mood as i enter a small park in naha. its tuesday afternoon and i seem to be alone. only a black butterfly shares the path with me. i follow him for a moment as grey americans chase clouds up above, mimicking rolling thunder. their wings folding too fast to see, only the ears can tell their path. an island…
last week i rode the bike to the blues bar. it wasn’t too cold, and so i took my time. also, i was looking for a snack to supplement the hot dog i would have at the music spot later. because it was already dark, i noticed a well-lit shop window as i rode by. the inside was painted white, and photographs seemed to be exhibited. my bike stopped underneath me as i gripped the brakes. the sliding door…
in december i found an interesting book at my workplace. "happy victims" – a photo book by kyoichi tsuzuki. he photographed japanese people obsessed with a singular fashion brand. the pictures show mostly small rooms, on their floors pieces of the chosen brand spread out. the victim in the center of its hunting bag. spending money on food, vacation and spacious accommodation for these people is of…
happy new year everyone. thanks for reading! new: there is now a place on the blog where snapshots put. no more photo-dump posts. that aside a little note on my new year’s eve: 31st of december. around two o’clock in the afternoon i step into my favourite cafe in the area. i take a seat. the very old owner puts a wet towel and a cup of cold water in front of me. i order coffee, hot. next to me two…
i carried my zines and my cardboard to the fair on the sunday of the first week. it was packed, and my ticket spared me a long wait in the line outside. after a stroll through the booths of countless publishers and seeing what felt like millions of books, booklets, prints, magazines, and catalogues, i found the zines area. a quick question to one of the legal sellers: do you mind if i set up my…