So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish: Japanese artist

2016-10-04

Toru TAKEMITSU 20th anniversary

I'm going to go to the concert of Toru TAKEMITSU 20th anniversary of death. 20 years have passed since he died. I feel sad every time I noticed that he cannot give us new music any more. Opera city is also called TAKEMITSU memorial. There are the relief of Toru TAKEMITU in its foyer. The poem in the relief is;

できれば、鯨のような優雅で頑健な肉体を持ち、西も東もない海を泳ぎたい。

I'm too frightened to translate the so-called poetry but tried. "If possible, I want to swim with the elegant and sturdy body like a whale in the sea which belongs to neither the west nor the east."

Takemitsu: Green / Arc
	Toru Takemitsu London Sinfonietta 2006-10-01 Sales Rank : 405632 See details at Amazon by G-Tools

2010-05-21

Kettle

This is a kettle I use. I'm sorry that it's dirty a little.

I wanted this at the first glance at a shop. It was a bit expensive for a kettle but I couldn't stop taking it to the shop counter. The shape seemingly looks very traditional but has indescribable curve.

After I got home, I knew this kettle was designed by a very famous product designer, Sori Yanagi. His works are like Nordic design style. Simple and beautiful with easy of use.

Sori Yanagi works: