Photos

• Just me with that pink IKEA Färgklar mug

  Just me and a pink färgklar mug with a cheap black plastic spoon.

• Terpsichore and Melousa? I don‘t know. You tell me.

  Modern Greek decorative plate inspired by an Attic red-figure musical scene—possibly Mousaios with the Muses Terpsichore and Melousa—adapted with gold-toned figures, foliage, and Greek-key borders.

• Past Hiranuma Bridge on Shin-Yokohama-dori

  A lone pedestrian makes his way along an elevated walkway, passing quiet apartment blocks on an ordinary afternoon in Yokohama.

• Small world

  A lively troupe of dolls fills the “It’s a small world stage” with bright costumes, playful music, and warm bursts of orange and gold.

• Patio Hotel door hanger

  Patio Hotel door hanger.

• Beneath the unsettled sky

  Beneath a sky heavy with rain, traffic moves steadily along the Skyway as the city braces for the coming downpour.

• Two trains meet at the platform

  A brief pause between journeys as one train waits and another pulls alongside at the Boni Station.

• Let the flowers of Tohoku bloom along our roads

  A concrete flower box sits on a broad gray-tiled pavement. It contains rows of brightly colored flowers—mostly pink, purple, yellow, red, and orange primroses—planted along both sides.

• Figures of the marketplace

  A signed, hand-painted decorative market scene painting. Taken from a restaurant that’s already permanently closed.

• Hotel chandelier

  Worth more than my life?