Day 2767: Heroes among us

"blue angel": junk mail collage & acrylics.

Want music?

 

Click here for Perry Como, And I Love You So.

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Today, as you read this, this is happening  ...

Competitors, coaches, and families have traveled from all over 

the globe and United States for this International Goodwill event.

Besides the tournament, we come to honor the man, our hero,

Demura Sensei, who started this event 50 years ago.

I am sharing some special photos, some you may 

recognize and others that you might not have seen.

Arigato Sensei.

Another hero, we are all missing Sempai Mark Martinez
while he undergoes medical treatments.

A smile for Sunday ...

Day 2765: Are you hungry?

"butterfly" acrylic, colors, collage and ink brush

Want music?

 

Click here for Natalie Cole, I Wish You Love.

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54 San-dan and higher black belts worked on kata at the 

honbu dojo, 02-20-2020, with Ken Nishiki from Japan.

 A separate class for Nidan followed, by a third class for Shodans.

A blackbelt dinner after a long day was so appreciated.

Dinner with Demura Sensei's family. Thank you Sensei.

A smile for Friday ...

Possibilities are endless.

2 Gentlmen: old photo + collage + digital

I love a unique old photo when combined with collages digitally.

original old photo + digital filter

2 Gentlemen #2: old photo + collage + digital

The possibilities are endless.

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Click here for Daryl Hall & Kevin Bacon, When the Morning Comes.

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Rubber Collection: Garments Made From Knitted Rubber Bands

Rie Sakamoto is a graduating art student from Japan’s 

Tama Art University. For her thesis exhibition, she 

decided to turn her eyes to the lowly rubber band, 

a stationary item overlooked in contemporary design, 

which values functionality and scarcity.

In her studies of the rubber band, Sakamoto, who is part of the department of Integrated Design, says she realized that 

the rubber band does, in fact, have more functionality than immediately meets the eye. In addition to its texture, flexibility 

   and opacity, the rubber band is actually an aesthetically beautiful object. Sakamoto became acutely aware of this when she knitted several together and allowed the sunlight to shine through them. 

 Sakamoto’s “Rubber Collection” was on view last week in Tokyo as part of a group exhibition of graduating seniors. The exhibition has since ended but you can follow Rie Sakamoto on twitter.

FB. Throwback Thursday ...

Demura Sensei, Sakagami Sensei, Suzuki Sensei & students at the
Annual Inter-dojo Tournament, Anaheim YMCA, 1981

 

A smile for Thursday ...