670 Be A Million Miles Away

What makes a trip wonderful is that it gives me insight which might stay long. I got a feeling that it's alright to sense that I am not belong to where I live my everyday life. I might keep being a stranger regardless the length of the time I spent in the place, because sometimes I feel overwhelmed by the fact that it seems I haven't succeeded to be a part of it, to understand it, and to embrace it, and after all, the most favorite place in this city is the point where people depart from it. It's irony, but funny. I don't have to tune in to the place that surrounds me. Instead I can live in the air and time of the place that is thousands of miles away from here. It's not evasive, because at any cost I do what I do and what I am supposed to do whatever the idea I take, only being always free from the effort to ingrain myself into a place where I happen to be. 

669 DNA

Are we born to leave something valuable to the future? I guess it's true, as this seems to explain why we continue to exist for the first place. I'm not making a philosophical view on this. I just wish that the generation who follows us could be better, wiser, happier, healthier, and more creative. Some might have a family and children and teach them to grow, learn and be a positive and innovative successor of the parents. I think it's also so beautiful that some might not have child and instead make new discovery and invention, leave knowledge, wisdom or way of thinking, plant trees or make cities or building, write a book, make a film or music or cloths or recipe, save human life or animal life, or any good things that makes you remembered for what you have done. Isn't it exciting that there are so many different ways to leave your DNA to the future?    

668 Illumination

Sometimes the building itself is an illumination in the street, and even more awesome than the usual illumination. Light makes us bright.

667 DJ

I was talking with my friend about the fun of the classic stage performance of a person who tells a comic story by oneself.  

"Amazing because the performer is only one that is in front of many audience"
"Yes, everyone watches and expects to listen to great work"
"The performer looks at the audience and consider how to entertain them, based on the reaction from them"
"The smaller the house is, the greater the heat"
"So it's really like a DJ event, isn't it?"
"Right, exactly"

666 Design Anatomy

The exhibition of "Design Anatomy" being held in Tokyo this winter truly gives you an alternative perspective to see usual commodities in daily life, from chocolate cookie to instant camera. The anatomy digs into not only the what the product is like but also sheds sharp light to the package, the name of the product, information to customers, the competitive landscape, the differentiation, the chemical structure of the ingredients and how people taste it, logo, the thickness of packaging paper or plastics, marketing, branding, logistics, and the whole history of the product. I'm sure no one has ever seen the product with such knowledge and understanding with such passion and accuracy that reaches almost the level of a very refined joke. 

Everything surrounds me right know, the MacBook, a cup, a mirror, a glass, magazines, and of course my whole place (however small it may be), might have similar history and background and story worth telling. In this fresh eyes every commodities doesn't seem like just a thing. Each of them might be one universe made by combination of idea, consideration, hard work and efforts. I don't say this applies to literally everything, which is not realistic, but the exhibition marvelously leads and gets us to feel this way.  

http://www.2121designsight.jp/en/program/design_anatomy/director.html

665 Corner

Inspired by some Pinterest images on fine interior, I came to think of setting my favorite chair on the tiny corner of my place to create a small space of calming myself, reading, drinking coffee, or just listening to music. It does work very well more than expected. As no one can easily change their place and live in larger space than they are today, it is amusing to find a way to activate the space that we have.

664 Google

Surprised to see this picture. Thank you Google!