The Living is Easy
Perhaps a bit too easy. These are days that roll into one another and back out again, just like the tide. A weekend begins as a blank slate, with no fixed plans, yet by Sunday evening ends with pink noses, salty hair, sandy ankles, bellies full, beach time and picnic time, an endless parade of [...]
April
“Be here now”
- Ram Dass
Even if you’re crooked. Or titling to the left. Or missing a corner. Be here. Now.
March
“with the sunshine of mindfulness”
- Thich Nhat Hanh
March has been short on both, but that’s sort of the point of this project. Reminders.
Forcing Blossoms
Since Seoul has refused to cooperate this year, and winter has refused to release its icy deathgrip, I’m going to take a lesson from my mother and do some forcing.
Every year around this time,
Plasticam
While my New Year’s Oath, taken in October of last year, was to slow down and enjoy a quieter 2010, Life As I Know It is having none of that. To cope, I have taken up the habit of acquiring new cameras. Plastic ones, to be precise.
It all started with Santa,
Café
The Coffee Lab in Hongdae serves fresh roasted beans, a mean affogato and a perfectly quiet Sunday morning.
It would have been perfect if only…
I moved a large marble table to get the perfect framing. I moved the lever back and forth endlessly until I was certain the focus was perfect. But when I pulled the tab on the polaroid, the film came out sliding on the emulsion and a gooey, unfortunate, light-leaking mess.
Not so perfect.
On New Year’s Day, [...]
It’s a Habit
The wonderful ladies over at habit are having a party this December. I am thrilled to be part of this incredible group of 33 women who have made this habit so irresistible all year. What fun this month is going to be!
Come check it out!
Fin
The last of the black and whites.
From Zats Burger Cafe, Tokyo.
I had avocado on my burger.
We had beers.
This was such a lovely day.
Tucked Away in Corners
For me, one of the most intoxicating and mysterious parts of Japan is the way that everything is not out on display, overt and declarative, but is instead hidden behind curtains and rice-papered windows, discovered through half-open doorways and narrow passageways.
To a hungry person or a nosy curious person, this is at times frustrating, as [...]
Tokyo Subway
On a Tuesday during the late September public holidays, I met some fellow film photographers for a meandering walk through the neighborhoods along the Chuo railway line in Tokyo. This outing gave me the opportunity to finally break out the Polaroid, and also to break in a brand new pair of Vans. One of these [...]
Staycation
Maybe it was the weather. The threat of a typhoon that, until late Friday afternoon, was threatening to ruin any chance at a successful beach holiday; the clouds that have persisted since. Perhaps it was the crowds. The masses of people, all using the 5-day holiday weekend to fill every train, plane, bus, hostel, pension, [...]
Shibuya
The famous, crazy street crossing at Hachiko Plaza in Shibuya, through the JR Station window.
Agfa Vista 400
Rain on Saturday
A little taste of autumn blew through Tokyo on Saturday. A little rain, a book, some movies, a long run around the palace. I was only missing a fireplace and some socks.
Another Bicycle on Film, Agfa Vista 400
Jolly
On Sunday, I had the pleasure of meeting the wonderful Hiki for an afternoon of wandering and eating and snapping cameras. Not only is her Australian accent adorable, but she knows all the best secret hiding places to take a new Tokyo resident. We wandered from one of my favorite neighborhoods, Daikanyama, to another favorite [...]
Summer Wind
The summer wind, came blowin in, from across the sea — Sinatra
A two and a half hour train ride from Tokyo to Shimoda.
A fifteen minute bus ride from Shimoda to Shirahama Beach.
A room at the Gardenvilla Shirahama pension (guesthouse).
A view that blew my mind open.
A typhoon season surf.
A warm summer wind.
A pizza, a beer.
A hot [...]
