Tony White "Hokusai - An Animated Sketchbook"

Did I ever tell you that I´m a fan of japanese art? And Hokusai? And animations too... so what a great combination in this video.

3 Moly_x to complete this week

Pic taken with my iphone

I didn´t have a lot of spare time the past weeks as it is vacation time and my kids are at home. That will change next week and only my daughter will be spending her time with me. So with one kid back in the kindergarten, that should give me time to complete all 3 molys in the next two weeks.

More information about the Moly_X International Moleskine Exchange can be found here.

More books...

I read about "Will Happiness find me?" at swissmiss. The renowned Swiss duo Fischli & Weiss wrote down questions that everyone asks themselves once in a while: Should I satisfy myself? Shall I go under? Should I pay less attention to my worries? Why doesn´t she call? Has the last bus gone? Should I get drunk?
Fun to read and ponder.


The book review" at Artist in LA LA Land made me buy "Erotic Haiku". Each haiku appears in English and in Japanese with playful pen-and-pencil drawings throughout.


And finally "No one belongs here more than you" by Miranda July. I discovered this little gem around a year ago. I really enjoyed the idea, but didn´t think of buying the book. But then I heard so much about Miranda that I just had to have a look at it. Now all I need is something yellow to wear for reading the book.

Geisha In My Dreams

Today I went to bed at 4 am, could not sleep until at least 5 am and was thrown out of bed by my son at 6 am. At least I could remember the dream I had.

"Never stitch (draw) the river running towards you, as long as you don´t have a master."

I was a japanese lady sitting somewhere outside and stitching a nature scene. Then an old woman or maid ran to me and grabbed my stitching frame and turned it around nervously. She told me that as I didn´t belong to any master I was not allowed to stitch the river flowing towards me. Instead I would have to stitch it flowing away from me.

Any ideas or explanations?

Japanese Ladies (ATC)

Just like the kois from the last post, a lot of the Japanese culture seems amazing. Specially Japanese art is really fascinating. As soon as I find more time, I´ll post about dragons, tattoos, etc.



Here are some Japanese ladies on atcs. Done only with black and metallic markers.