JAPANSCRAPPY BOY !

#1

INTRODUCTION

This scrap book I made with my own two hands. It is a digital version of the scrapbook I have been making on this trip. An extremely bungled version. Digitising is hard,

especially on the road, on rainy days, in a full house. It has been fun, turning this paper, biro, trash, old food wrappers into pixels. Though I do not know if the process added anything to the pieces, if anything it detracted from them, warped them and cut their

edges. Regardless, it is something that I would like to keep doing and something which has its merit, the various 'scraps' of a journey painting a vivid picture: its tone, its

subtleties, the funny things. So, ScrapBook 1 can be taken as is, a step in the (right) direction. The beauty is in the process.

Some tidbits from around the place: found, received and drawn . Stuck on the page with glue.

Check! Maru Boy and Jero Boy (dj jero) characters.

This is when I thought about Osaka.

I was in the gallery, they had free drawing paper and pencils so I wanted to draw me a little octopus character (octopus is the famous food) to represent my roaming of those streets. Hang on a sec, I haven't even trired the octopus! I was just

following the trend.

This reminded me of a quote by the Mary Louise Pratt (the anthropologist) saying something about not ignoring tropes

(impossible) but reimagining them. I dug seeing all the people on bikes in the city, dressed so well. I also had the idea of an

umbrella later, because they wielded these so well. It was always raining in opulent Osaka.

GODZILLAS

1. Motivated Godzilla2. Godilla priced to clear3. Jimmy Cliff in The Harder They Come Godzilla 4. Godilla stencil

Alan, a guy from Hong Kong- too hyper, gave me some good advice. Firstly, a Godzilla is by character , not physical attribute. And second, shhhhh calm down, why are you so hyper!?

The Shikoku

IKUMI BEACH

Thorton wrote it 'Okumi'It doesn't matterwe made it anywayThrough the night, from Osaka,past Kyoto, via KobeOver a massive bridge with girders like giant trees of steelFor which I could hardly keep my eyes openThe flashing lights of the city growing weak behind usA depthless black sea below us, just inkI'm tired. Can I go to sleep?Who will navigate? Moral support?Why didn't the coffee work?We wake in a convenience store carparkOne block, black groundIt takes one hour to stop falling back asleepDisgusting coffee

(That day at the beach turned out to be one of the best)

HEY!! Whatsk up??

Today I'm in Shikoku1st Round I will surf Shishikuii2nd Round I will surf ???After 1st round I check Nasa House and Facebook

See You! Shun (our friend)

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(*Needs Some Work )

Lets be friends a while longer :)

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DEMEANOUR

Dampening the reign ( rain) of capitalism

Potraits drawn with an old pen on the back of old reciepts. ViVA!

These occurred during a bus ride. I actually gave the best one away, to a guy who didn't want it. Took it awkwardly, seemed like I forced him. It was two lessons: stop pestering people; you can draw on the back of the hundred reciepts you have shuved in your wallet to pass the time.

Much love and respect to Japan.

Scrappy Boy #1 !

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