preparing for the class

making paper beads is kind of meditation..

made samples in many shapes, colors and different papers

for the kid's art class in Oct

今日も残暑が厳しい日曜日。

ほぼひと月後にある、かぞくのアトリエでのアートスクール用に

もう少し、ペーパービーズのサンプルをつくりためておく事にした。

紙の厚みや、印刷によって、またつくりたいシェイプによって

工程自体はシンプルだけれど、手が慣れるまでは

実は大人でも、根気のいる地味な作業。

ものをつくる楽しさと、単純作業を根気よく続けること。

ちょっとでも楽しく学べるクラスにできたらいいな、と思っています。

Miyazaki's movie

No way, it's STILL hot. 

OK, let me go to a theater!

I saw Miyazaki's documentary on TV few days ago

and wanted to see his latest movie "The Wind Rises"(Kaze Tachinu).

I'm not a big fan of Ghibli, so I haven't seen all of his movies.

( I LOVE 'Spirited Away', by the way)

but after I watched the one,  this was my one of the best of Miyazaki.

What are you looking at?

Because my room is no longer air-conditioned,

he is finally my roomy again.

It's interesting that cats like a hot, stuffy room.

He doesn't like to be photographed either.

If he notices I have a camera or iPhone,

he looks the other way or closes his eyes!

Ginza again

Several major streets in Tokyo are closed to vehicles during weekends.

Chu-ou street in Ginza is one of them.

I went to Qualia Junction to take a lecture

"The absolute God and part-time gods"today.

http://www.qualiajunction.com/english/schedule.html

After taking 3 hours lecture,

I did need caffein, and I knew where I should go!

"Cafe Paulista"

Since 1904

http://www.paulista.co.jp/introduce/history.html

Because it was already dinner time, the cafe wasn't crowded.

My friend brought me here once. After that, I'm also the one of fans of their coffee.

I heard John Lennon and Yoko Ono loved their traditional coffee "Paulista Old"

and they came here for the coffee 3 days straight.

It was already dark when I left the cafe.

Ginza has remained of Showa period.

I love it.

nostalgia

organizing old photos.

the shop, that I had run.

at Shibuya

It has still been hot, but

I can tell that fall is coming.

Stay Gold

classic..

One of the movies that I want to watch from time to time.