Day 3118: "You become."

 

 

 

"Placement": photo, collages and digital.

 

 

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What's your favorite book? This is one of mine.

"You become. It takes a long time. 

That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily 

or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. 

Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your 

hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and 

you get loose in your joints and very shabby.
But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real 

you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand."

Margery Williams -The Velveteen Rabbit

What's yours?

 

 

 

2GN2S #2:

 

Akari Kokeshi Light the Way If Tipped Over 

in an Earthquake

In 2008 the Iwate–Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake struck the Tohoku region. The 7.2M tremor resulted in over a dozen fatalities, landslides and power outages. Local company Shimanuki, a purveyor of the kokeshi doll tradition, awoke to find almost all of their craft work toppled over. But destruction gives birth to new ideas.

As the store owners surveyed the damage, and darkness settled in, they wondered if somehow these earthquake-prone dolls couldn’t serve another purpose, particularly in a time of need. That was the spark that led to the creation of the Akari Kokeshi.

Shaped and decorated just like normal kokeshi dolls, the Akari Kokeshi is embedded with an LED flashlight that activates only when the doll is toppled over. When an earthquake strikes and the power goes out, the Akari Kokeshi will light the way. They’re available for 10,780 jpy (102 usd) in the company’s online shop.

Given the recent earthquake in Fukushima, and the fact that we’re approaching the 10-year anniversary of the Great Tohoku Earthquake of 2011, there has been renewed interest in natural disaster preparedness. If you don’t know where to start, the Tokyo Government’s disaster preparedness handbook is a great resource that’s available in both Japanese and English.

 

 

 

 

•  A cute 1-1/2 minute video, baby elephant, here.

• An amazing  1-3/4 minute video, Penguin chicks, here. 

•  A cute 9-1/2 minute video, Crunch, here.

 

  

Just because ...

 

 

Red Grouse

  

                         

Smiles for Tuesday ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

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