To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, to gain all while you give. To roam the roads of lands remote, to travel is to live. ~ Hans Christian Andersen
13mar16. Kobe & Osaka, Japan.
Month: March 2016
OSAKA (TAKATSUKI,) JAPAN STREET ART: “HANIWA” by DAAS
Artist’s statement: “For the Takatsuki mural: Takatsuki Art Expo asked me to create a mural design which would highlight some aspect of the city. I did some research and found that there was a large amount of these “Haniwa” (terra-cotta buried statues) found there. They have a large museum in the city dedicated to this and actually have a number of excavated artifacts. Anyway, I took this idea and decided to do a mural that depicted the history of Takatsuki. The mural has a Haniwa female sitting on a Haniwa horse in front of a Haniwa house.”
12mar16. Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan.
OSAKA, JAPAN STREET ART: ALAN WATTS BY DAAS
Osaka-based, American transplant, artist DAAS is making Osaka more beautiful one mural at a time. Japan is slow to embrace the value of masterful street art pieces for the betterment of its communities, but it’s great to see that at least, DAAS is contributing to the progress in that direction. Here is his “Alan Watts” piece on the side of Kuma Cafe in Tempozan. (The owner/s of Kuma Cafe deserve a shout out for their support of public art!)
Tokidoki: Why Alan Watts? (One of my absolute favorite philosophers/thinkers!)
DAAS: I don’t really have anyone I consider a “hero” per se, but after being invited to have my work featured in a street art book with the theme of “heroes”, I thought about someone who I admired and who made an impact on me. I really enjoy his words and philosophies about life and culture. I wanted this mural to bring more awareness to who he was. That’s why I chose Alan Watts.
“…tomorrow and plans for tomorrow can have no significance at all unless you are in full contact with the reality of the present, since it is in the present and only in the present that you live.” – Alan Watts
12mar16. Osaka, Japan.
KOBE, JAPAN: ABSOLUTELY FREE
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. ~ Albert Camus
12mar16. Kobe, Japan.
KOBE, JAPAN: BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY
As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow. ~ A.C. Benson
11mar16. Kobe, Japan.
MONTAUK, NEW YORK: OLD HOOK MILL
Old Hook Mill is a historic windmill on N. Main Street in East Hampton, New York. Built in 1806 and operated regularly until 1908. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
28feb16. East Hampton, Montauk, NY.