19 July 2023 Wednesday
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Intan left early in the morning from the Togatta Onsen bus stop for Sendai. She said that she was going to Aomori, then Morioka, then to Tokyo, where she was exhibiting her work, then to the Kansai region before returning to Jakarta.
Togatta Onsen bus stop. Photo by Mayu Kanamori
Martin and I stayed in our studio working until lunch time when Chris from Bring came. We walked to Enso to have lunch together. Chris said that although he had studied and enjoyed reading literature when growing up, he had never understood poetry because he could not feel the poem. However recently, as part of his learning to read Japanese kanji characters, he has been studying its origins and its references through readings of old Chinese poems and found that these poems resonated with him.
Klaus Christian (Chris) at bakery Bring. Photo by Mayu Kanamori
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It is 4:35 pm on 19th of July 2023.
I am ending my diary today, and now. Although we are in Togatta for another four days, I must now put the diary writing aside and use the rest of the time to translate poems, choose photographs and tie up other loose ends of this project.
- M.K.
I am extremely impressed along with your writing talents as well as with the structure on your
blog. Is this a paid topic or did you customize it
yourself? Anyway stay up the excellent quality writing,
it is uncommon to peer a great blog like this one today.
HeyGen!
Thank you Leonardo ai x midjourney.
The website is created by Chie Muraoka (customized) as part of an arts residency.
Please see our About Us section.
The topic within Togatta was chosen by me also as part of an arts residency. I wasn’t paid to choose the topic, but the arts residency requires the artist to live in Togatta and make site specific art.
Thank you for your kind words about the quality of the writing. My collaborator Martin Edmond is an accomplished writer.
Thank you for reading Togatta Utamakura and taking the time to comment.
Mayu