nakasendo

matthew wants to walk from kyoto to tokyo. me too. this coming autumn. he doesn't want to be too conspicuous. me, i want to do an art project, otherwise can't self-justify the time/expense, but can figure out a way to incorporate that and still have meaningful friend conversations, also not make spectacle of selves. so, that's another project in initial pre-stages, really. nothing exists yet, just this vague thought of pictures or postcards or computer and harddrive or video camera, maybe people can print out stuff at home or i can mail things, instructions perhaps for how-to-assemble-this-new-media-installation with your own projector, computer, or dvd player, should this stuff stay secret until i act on it? can't do everything

oh yeah, if you google "nakasendo" you'll see it's a thing, been done, in the past, this walk from kyoto to tokyo, not as random as sounds

and if you read a little about it you'll probably know more than me because i haven't really spent any time doing that yet

chess

about to start a new project. well, already in a way it's in progress, conceptualizing and thinking are really when things happen. i mean, each piece only gets made by following certain processes, right? a landscape painting can happen when a painter walks out into a field, sets up an easel, and applies paint to a two-dimensional surface with a brush. this chess project, is it going to involve an easel? other people for sure. two-dimensionality = yes. other things being worked out, in my head, in conversation, on little scraps of paper. good morning world.