Around the time of the election, I always feel that it's 'noisy.' Whether if they are true or not, so much different information goes around through various media. I never try to watch news, but living with technology makes me touch that information anyway. But because I react to that information, I feel that I'm under the influence of it. Actually it feels more appropriate to say that I put myself under the influence. Because if you have a higher point of view, whatever happens, whatever turns out, you can understand that it's just a process. Although I still hear the voice of my ego towards what happens: 'That's not good, this isn't right.' I have no thought that I want to change the socie
This is about what I realized the other day. I like to draw at cafes. When I was in my 20s, I used to write at diners. A neighborhood cafe that I like is open for inside dining now, and since the beginning of this month I've started to draw in their patio area over coffee. I enjoy creating feeling the chilly autumn breeze in that quietness because it's not facing the street. However several days ago, since it was little too cold for me to sit outside, I decided to draw inside. This cafe recommends their customers to wear masks while they are not eating or drinking. But it was actually difficult for me to be creative with a mask on. I felt something wants to come out but couldn't. I would lik
I've been in rehabilitation. That's how I feel now. It's like a being in the process of returning to myself. I feel that I can more and more express myself freely. I feel that the stuff that I shut in me is being released. If you are in that feeling, something interesting happens. A picture that I painted casually sells. I am happy about this unexpected abundance. How interesting this process of returning to myself is. Try not to hone yourself by using deficiency: 'I can still go further.' Be in the state that now is perfect. Because if you use deficiency, even though you have enough, you feel like you still are lacking. Going back and forth between completion and deficiency. That is why I'm
There are prejudices that I've kept doing like 'It is what it is.' Actually there are many. When one of my close friends passed away in May, because we couldn't have a funeral, I even thought if a funeral is necessary. Like 'For whom we are doing this?' There are many of those things. I didn't even wonder about those things before, so for me COVID has been a good opportunity to realize. The word 'reset' came up in mind. If you comprehend what is happening right now with fear, you might have an experience that you can't live anymore. But this can be the starting point of an opportunity to reselect, or an opportunity to celebrate different ways of living. After all we can choose our experience
