A dear friend sent me this video with the lovely compliment, “This performance art reminded me of you”. I took it as a compliment because I thought it was just beautiful. Japanese-American artist Shoji Yamasaki’s performance piece shows what happens when bits and pieces of litter choreograph human movements. I hope you enjoy it. Check…
Category: Environmentalism
take only what you need
Ever come across a book that you wish you’d gotten your hands on earlier in your life? I’m nearing the end of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book, Braiding Sweetgrass and oh! how I wish I’d had this book when I was younger so I could have grown up with this knowledge, and it would have been…
the dark side of japan
It’s taken me over three months to write this post. For a long time, I kept the title in my drafts folder, waiting. I’m not sure why the hesitancy, though. Is it because, whatever little I know of the Japanese culture, I really appreciate it? Or is it because, being inherently non confrontational, I’m worried…
my stationery shop
Dear Friends, I hope you’re doing well. I have a bit of news to share. A while back, my niece told me that I ought to start a “side hustle” with my “art stuff”. And I thought, “Why not?” Lesson 1 – Never start a venture by thinking, “How hard could this be?” The Universe is always…
micro-harvest with kitchen hydroponics
When I go grocery shopping and I see vegetables packaged in plastic it stresses me out quite a bit. I’ve stopped going to the local supermarket for this very reason. Other supermarkets like Sprouts and Whole Foods don’t use as much plastic for their fresh produce but jeeze! – the cost. Whole Foods ain’t cheap…
japan – day 8
Before coming to Japan, two of my friends (one of whom is Japanese, the other lived here) warned me not to get too bent out of shape about the amount of single-use plastic there is. I thought I was prepared, but I wasn’t. It’s a lot. With that in mind, I have to avert my…
art imitating life
While walking around the city, I happened to seethese fish swimming upstream Swimming above the trash we throw in their home Copyright © 2022 Lisana.Blog All Rights Reserved
junk-mail! why? why? why?
Ever notice when you return from holiday, just how much junk mail is waiting for you? Like you can wallpaper all your rooms, and if you were looking for a fun crafting project, there’d still have enough paper left over to make a full-scale papier-mache blue whale. It probably feels like you’re drowning in flyers…