Wildfires in Canada are devastating. The smoke has almost flowed into the state of New York, and since the early hours of June 7, New York City has been covered in smoke. The familiar smog in New Delhi (I remembered). Or the 911 from 21 years ago. At that time, the World Trade Center collapsed, but the chemical smell from the building fire did not go away even after several months. . A volcanic eruption will eventually cover the earth with smoke, war or whatever, in other words, man-made or natural disasters will always come.
真昼間のフラットブッシュ通り；Flatbush Ave in the high noon真昼間の大陽；midday sun
On March 11, 2011 our beautiful native country Japan experienced an unprecedented large earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident. Even now, after twelve years from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, approximate 34,000 people have not returned yet to their home town. After the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, many people in Japan felt it is our responsibility to make the world aware of the dangers of nuclear power and to lead the world in anti-nuclear power awareness so as not to waste the inconceivable losses we suffered. Even after twelve years have passed, it’s still obvious that the situation has not changed at all we can see the government and country are depending on nuclear power. They say that it’s safe for people, but the government, politicians, and related companies are lying. The disaster should have brought us all to an awareness of the safety of nuclear power, but the reality is things are becoming worse and the situation is being hidden from the public. Those with vested interests in nuclear powers plants and the power structure surrounding them point to energy security and the country’s economy. What is evident in the Fukushima disaster is the hoax perpetrated by nuclear related industry, academia and the government in deceiving the people about its safety. The news media has concealed the radioactive damage and the massive release of radioactivity that is becoming increasingly serious. Then the news of them may be erased by the power of politics. Many nuclear power plant experts already have issued statements that our primary nuclear power policy was the wrong, since we had enough electricity even without nuclear power, nuclear power is not safe, the cost is highest as compared with other power generation options, and there is extensive damage that eliminates population centers and agricultural land use if an accident happens only once. Many people agreed, but to oppose the nuclear power is still taboo. Even now this subject is considered as taboo in Japan and the U.S. The burden to the later generations including the issue of nuclear waste is not being dealt with responsibly. It is time for all of us to recognize our duty as social beings to protect the life and health of the children we love, and to leave hope for their future. The whole world has been manipulated by the rhetoric of “peaceful use of nuclear energy.” Now is the time to pull out from this lie and to use art to bring awareness of the devil of nuclear power.
Well said! This Christmas vacation has been colder than usual, and the weather news has been awful. Air and land routes are mostly closed. The daily life of spending a normal (warm) day becomes a pipe dream in the face of of serious nature. I felt strongly that each of us must keep our survival spirit, immunity and good judgment from rusting.
Earlier that week, when I finished my aide work in NYC, I walked as usual in an hour to the Port Authority Bus Terminal (we’re still pre-moving and going to/from Newburgh), and I felt like my nose might be a bit chilly. Hit the jackpot. Sinus cold, Sinus cold, Sinus cold. Fortunately, there was no fever and no change in appetite. thank you very much.
So-called contrails and other cloud-like aerial phenomena. More than twenty years ago I came here, I heard about “chemtrails” from a close friend. I was surprised to hear that they look like a cloud with a strange shape that I had never seen before. I had no idea it was called “chemtrail”.
Since then, I’ve been researching the reasons and mechanisms of chemtrails, and I’ve been a little horrified. My own view is not the standard of good and bad for phenomena, but I simply want the sky just be the sky just like in the olden days. I wish that things that fly in the sky would be birds, bugs, balloons, angels, and celestial maidens. (and UFO/UAP)
First, we have almost no rain since July, and even thunderclouds disappear suddenly! Well, I think there’s a lot of rain north of Newburgh, so I guess it’s from Newburgh to the south to New York City area so affected.
The community garden plot we rent is dry, and the gardeners says that the growth is sluggish, more often attacked by insects than usual. It gets devoured by the Groundhog. Even though we don’t want to use obscure pesticides, Yes, we set traps to catch groundhogs, but we let them escape far into the hills. Everyone is desperate to live, and everyone’s life is precious.
The Day 5 August, Japanese time is THE DAY OF THE HIROSHIMA BOMB, every year and same day we come together in front of the Consulate General of Japan, NYC. and call for “No More Nuke! No More War!”. Mr. Shigeru Hanaoka came from Japan and was joining this demo and Wish Festival opening, he did great speech and was playing saxophone. We were so great feeling !
Stevie Wonder made a beautiful soundtrack for the 1979 documentary “The Secret Life of Plants”. On Lander Street in Newburgh, our neighborhood is full of flowers. Of course, thanks to our landlady and our neighbors who never rest their hands from gardening.
Especially the direct planting flowers seem to have their network. Insects, small animals and birds come there, and a big social network is completed. Naturally, the flowers compete, but also help each other, grow while wrapping around, mimic, attract, and are like a model of the human world. Flowers/plants also carry poison to protect and propagate. Now that the number of bees has been decreased, it seems that SOS of the flower’s network can be heard.
Originally, in the world of flowers grows in harmony with the environment, however there are also invader plants that come from nowhere and settle down and continue to breed. I learned when I was in Arizona about this matter. They also spread among the plants that grow naturally in the desert, destroying the original native plants and expanding their territory. The rotating grass, tumbleweed, which is familiar in the western drama and rushes toward the car while spinning in the wind, is also an invasive species, calls Russian thistle that originally was pretty flowers.
Right now, I’m making a video from my picture-story that made of 20 years ago. This is a fairy tale with the theme of “flowers”.
The other day I needed to find some photos from Bisbee/AZ period however all AZ photos are disorganizing everywhere within any computer files, so I had to give up looking for them. At the same time, especially the photos of farm work, probably because those days are deeply impressed on me, the scene of the day revives from one photo. I had my first experience of stopping breathing because of so much nostalgia! Although on the way to being a farmer, the first step was stopped some reason, and we returned to the East Coast again, but my final goal, “being farmer”, still continues with slow steps. Currently, I am still training in the landlady’s yard and the community garden.
A big event celebrating the execution of Jesus Christ and its resurrection three days later, this festival seems to have a meaning that spring has come, and it is possible for outsiders like me can fully enjoy it. “The first Sunday counting from the first full moon after the vernal equinox” is Easter, so the day is different every year. This year is April 17th. When it comes to Easter, egg and rabbit decorations are the mainstream, and one of them, baby chick sweets made with marshmallows (from where they squeak) are called Peeps.
Well, I tried to eat Peeps only once and gave it up because its taste was too sweet. I think it was more than 15 years ago. At that time, yellow and blue Peeps were the mainstream, and even if they were left as they were, they would not rot at all and would not grow mold. It became interesting and I made a short video. A love story like “Let’s stay together until we break into pieces” (laughs). This one; https://youtu.be/GvJOJ3N6q78
Recently, when I glanced at them, they were quite dry and the color was fading. But maybe our Peeps live longer than us? I think that. The yellow one’s expiration date is December, 2011. and the blue one is June, 2011. so maybe it was made in 2010, I guess.
Morningside Park in Harlem, NYC. For the past year, the “the Reclining Liberty,” created by artist Zaq Landsberg, will be withdrawn on 22 April, a year later. Let us each express “what is freedom?” around the “Reclining Liberty” before it is removed! Yasuyo’s idea was the beginning. Soon we had the idea that together with the people who came, such as dancing, prayer, singing, music, performance, and reading we could ask for each audience member’s thoughts about “Freedom,” and write it on a small paper angel, then hang them on a tree.
Everyone who joined, friends, family, artist Zaq, Morningside Park President Brad Taylor, Cynthia, Tony who created this wonderful flyer, Takashio who was also in charge of signage creation, Yasuyo and Leo who summarized all the complicated exchanges, Ayakoh and Resobox in charge of Zoom, all the participating artists and performers, Orin and Tony making the video, Noriko who participated with the poem from Tokyo, the media/organization that supported this event. I am grateful to everyone involved. Thank you so very much.
