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Still Clueless (1/2)
Prior to coming to Tokushima to study calligraphy earlier this year, I had lived in Japan on four separate occasions. With more than three years of experience under my belt, I figured my grasp of...
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Still Clueless (2/2)
Pssssssst… (I like you.) In last week’s blog entry, I wrote about the first of two cultural surprises I encountered during my current stay in Japan to study calligraphy at Shikoku University. The...
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Well-Flagged Books
Here’s a couple books used by some of the other grad students in the Calligraphy Department: Doesn’t it eventually reach a point where it becomes easier to just flag the pages you aren’t interested in?
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Indiscriminate School Spirit
Above is the cover of this year’s student handbook for Shikoku University. Looks fine at first glance, but take a look at the sweatshirt of the guy on the right: Whoopsie. Not a big deal, but I just...
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Come See My Work, Tokushimites!
Starting today (Tuesday, February 23), some of my work will be on display here in Tokushima, Japan. It’s a very small, informal group show for Shikoku University’s Calligraphy Department research...
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Graduation
By Wednesday evening of next week, my tenure as a Monbukagakusho research scholar will officially be over, and I’ll be back in the United States for the first time in two years. It hasn’t even begun...
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