ahhh it has been a little bit, but I wanted to make sure that this didn’t die towards the end of the semester since I’m working on the paper/presentation, ironing out details, adding things, refining ideas and topics, etc. basically the thesis is on my mind everyday but frankly I’m really excited about and I […]

here are some images from a space that I built up in google sketchup for one of my art history classes. It is meant as a space to have a tea ceremony. somewhat inspired by james turrell and terunobu fujimori.

I dunno. I really liked this image. Its so WHAAAA yet descriptive.
time to read the article later. I’ll reply to it soon, I have to read it first.
into the schoolgirl inferno

I can’t remember what it was exactly, but during my first semester my freshman year I took an intro to photography course and the teacher showed me these photos about a couple who documented all these windmills across the country. I didn’t realize it until now, but that had a pretty decent effect on the […]

After watching the Art:21 video of James Turrel in thesis class the other day, his work reminded me of this one house that I read about while I was in Japan, although I couldn’t remember anything about it except where I read about it, so after a good while of looking I found it again, […]

I’ve decided on at least some concrete things about what the physical manifestation of my thesis will have/be. I want there to be some dialog between the dual existence of cultures in someone/or place. Almost like a confusion of source and identity. I’ve been in this Asian American Lit class and one of the early […]

these are some notes that I took while reading about tea architecture and tea gardens, possibly relate to the aesthetic of my thesis.
Four main styles of tea architecture:
-large drawing room (shoin)
-the rustic hut style (kozashiki) this appealed to merchant tastes
- the samurai class tea hut, also aristocrat’s tea pavilion (sukiya)
-the (soan) can only be considered […]

So my friend and I are having this long conversation over sms/texting while I’m at the desk working and its one that I think I’ve been needing to have to help push this thesis/my identity/being ok with my interest in Japan.
HER: Eww, now I’m ashamed of coming here! Chanto shukudai yatteruno?
ME: Not yet haha. I’m […]

I was reading one of the blogs that I look at semi-regularly and there was a post about how this man takes a daily photo of this vending machine that is right by his apartment. (link) But what is crazy is that the man then posts the images on his blog, linked above, and you […]

Monkey Majik + Yoshida Kyoudai - Change
This song came out awhile ago, but it still resonates with me as a wonderful example of this idea of remix culture. Here you have an interesting blend of the more modern rock side (monkey majik) and then the more traditional side (Yoshida Kyoudai) paired together to make this […]