Taiyo Okamoto

Earnestly Again Today

Earnestly Again Today

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 happ

Pursue the Fun to Know You

Pursue the Fun to Know You

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

Rehabilitation is Ending

Rehabilitation is Ending

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 stil

Reset Myself

Reset Myself

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,

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