Red Room Where the Writers Are

Keiko, as I said earlier, these drawings are amazing, absolutely breathtaking, and that he never slept away from home-fantastic!. The fine detail blows my mind, the veins on the leaves and how he captured the different degrees of light. In this moment, my favorite is the one with the beautiful butterfly taking sap from a stargazer lily—well, at least that’s what flower it looks like to me. How I love the smell of that flower; and the little ants. I especially like the one on the bottom leaf as he reaches up with his antennae; the other one extending to the nectar, to the fine silky leaves; and the third, a free spirit on his way to the above. The drawings are all so wonderful, but this one speaks to me right now.

And for the interview: It lifted my spirits beyond belief. This wonderful man whom you share with us here, who is shown to have laughed a lot—gave me great joy because I could imagine him laughing, every time, I saw (laughs) after something he said. Unbelievable that he had been at it for seventy-one years. Wow! I especially got a chuckle out of him saying, “so our family had two freeloaders in it,” with (laughs) from the previous section. It’s funny because artists are often seen that way unless they have green bills to show, huh? And then I suppose it can be seen as you freely load your beauty onto others. Oh, and I like how he said “I’m fake Christian. (laughs) I just say God because I don’t know what else to call it. I’m talking about the great power of nature that controls all matter.” Yes! That is it!

Keiko, thank you so much for sharing this. I feel inspired and lifted and—what a great way to begin a day!

p.s. I love the picture of him in the second link, the one at the bottom where he is in the grass. He looks like a loving child—priceless!

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Wow, what an amazing, gifted man! Truly splendid work. Thanks for sharing this, Keiko!

Rebb, Mara, Dorraine, and Ryoma,

I’m glad you liked it. Thank you for all the comments. Come to think of it, probably I should have posted it in the Pangea Society.

Also I’m sorry for my slow response. Right now I don’t have internet connection at home. I’ve been thinking of reconnecting to ADSL, but I found out that in Japan it is extra slow. I also don’t want to sign up for a two year contract...because I might get married in the meantime...although I have no boyfriend. I hear Rebb giggling! But you know what I mean?

Mara, welcome to my blog. I love your picture.

Aberjhani,

I'm glad I happened to have an opportunity to introduce him, and you like his art.