Saturday, October 30, 2010

HALLOWEEN**PART2


On 30th of October I went to super-stylish club in Shibuya called "TRUMP Room". Two dancing halls decorated by enormous number of chandeliers were packed with people dressed in different costumes... They were mostly fashion-related folks so they used their best efforts to make something fantastic - most of the outfits were handmade with paying attention to mere detail!
When I returned at 2 o`clock - Shibuya was still full of Pikachus, Witches, Devils and other monsters...





HALLOWEEN









Halloween`2010 at
Le Baron de Paris × Colette Japan Fashion Festival Vol.1 -Halloween Eve

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Thanks God it is WeekEnd

Thanks God, or Whoever else, that You made Sunday and Saturday for us to have a rest after busy as a hell working week....
Spent this weekend jogging, watching "Lost", reading books and doing some tasks (quite a number) for job. But weekend is time for rest - this is sacred rule for me..
Saturday was a day of Great washing and cleaning. On schedule today - jogging in the morning and going to cut hair..*)


Found this amazing British band called "Plan B" - their song "Prayin`" is now on top list of my "Songs-for-Jogging-and-Workout".. I like how recent British singers mix RnB, soul and pop with retro music (Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen, Eliza Doolittle) - as result - very stylish modern music which sounds so classical at the same time.
Including title, this song has suspiciously so much in common with Madcon`s "Begging", but I like it anyhow. Now with Kanye West`s "Stronger" it will help me not to sabotage jogging course and I hope add to motivation of working out.

P.S. This week is Halloween! Don`t forget it and prepare costume for the event



Friday, October 22, 2010

Esquire JAPAN, JUL.2009


Styling by Taichi Sumura (COZEN), hair&make-up by KANADA(Image)

Photo: Shunya Arai (Femme)

Giorgio Armani

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Movie: "Andrei Rublev" (1966)


"Andrei Rublev" is film directed by brilliant Russian director Andrey Tarkovsky - old and classic Russian film I wanted to watch long ago, but did not have time to and finally went to Tsutaya and borrowed this two VHS.
Andrei Rublev is the name of legendary icon painter who lived in XV century and became saint after his death. XV century in Russia is time when Tartar nomadic tribes occupied country and endless wars between feudal lords occurred throughout its territory...Film describes this historical time but also it shows figure of icon painter - man devoted to God and Art, and themes of meaning of faith and art became main motifs of the movie...
What is religion for? What the purpose of art? Andrei is monk and he paints icons - St.Maria, Christ, angels - as believes in kindness and love between people. But he sees the horrors of war - brother kills brother, people seems forgot what they believed from IX century when Christianity came to Russia from Byzantium...
In second part of the film - the whole process of making church bell is depicted. The moment when people for the first time toll just made bell is breathtaking.....Maybe foreign viewer sees beauty scene in this, but for Russian it is something more - in this bell, it`s sound and how people react..I watched and although in my life I have never gone to church service I felt like - here it is -something that a lot of us forgot but that remained something deep inside like memory of times.

After revolution religion in any form was forbidden in new Russia. Some churches were destructed, in others restaurants and other entertainment facilities were set up. It was permitted to write about Christianity only in negative tone. Artist who like Tarkovsky touched upon the question of religion and self-idenfication of Russian nation were either ignored or even forbidden... In 20 years I did not see any of his films (so popular and high accepted abroad) being shown on Russian TV. Only abroad first I knew about him and his works.
When in 90s Soviet economic and political system crashed down, we suddenly realised that we lost our cultural values and heritage also after so many years of living under ideology and inner terror...Only now we are beginning to return to roots, reconstructing and building from zero churches destroyed 70 years ago.. Without "pravoslavie" (Russian orthodox Christianity), without knowing our history in its full volume and not-deformed form, I believe, Russians could not exist as nation...
This film appeared in far 1966 year make me think about such things today and feel that we still have so much in common with time described.

Here is one of the most famous icon by Andrei Rublev "Trinity"

Russia around

Three tiny matryoshka dolls in the window of some bar near my house





Monday, October 11, 2010

My 10th wedding


Just after initiation ceremony and first day in the company, 2nd and 3rd of October I spent in Akita - city in the north of Japan where had my 10th so-called "simulated wedding ceremony" ("mogi-kekkonsiki" in Japanese) within Bridal Fair show in central JUSCO department store...
When 3 years ago I studied in Sendai, on weekends I used to do modeling as kind of part-time job: in some local chapel or hotel we (me and some cute, extraordinary thin Japanese model) showed all wedding ceremony (including walking to the altar, changing rings, Bible-oath - the whole ritual in all details) for guests who were young couples planning to wed and came to watch what all the ceremony looks like. So, when I was 21, I have already married 9 times with Yuko, Mai, Harumi... name of the others I just don't remember !
And this was the last one. My Sendai agency manager called me month ago and asked to take part and I thought that it would be good - just before "the hell of job-training" begins.I believe it is the last time , but who knows.... (I hope time will come for real one either, but not sure)...