taking a brand new chance
we open our hearts to new romance
in the dead of night

using our thoughts to dream
we’re finding ourselves in different scenes
full of love and light

dreaming builds the future
only we can lead us there

it’s time to use our imaginations

everyone take a hand
use our hearts to heal this land
from nightmares of war

taking a brand new chance
we open our hearts to new romance
that’s what hearts are for

the sun is all full of light
a brilliant dawn is coming on
like an open door

every sunny summer afternoon a beautiful play of treeleaf shadows danced on the bathroom floor, so one day i filmed it.

i’ve always been fascinated by fresnel lenses, so when i was living in hyuga city it seemed a good idea to share the fascination with the children of diodani elementary school by constructing this monolith. it consists of about one hundred 8.5″X11″ ‘bug eye’ screens, each of which has a grid of rectangular lenses etched into clear plastic vinyl, all held together with packing tape and suspended via fishing line. the installation lasted only one day but the kids seemed to enjoy interacting with it, and i was satisfied.

one summer my girlfriend and i made plans to escape the sweltering, treeless urbanity of osaka and visit a country inn off the coast of mie prefecture. a week before the day arrived we broke up, but decided to go anyways, unwilling to abandon our long anticipated holiday from the city’s oppressive concrete. more…..