Category: Culture

I was sitting in a sun-drenched studio in San Francisco last Tuesday, trying to focus on a delicate piece of neo-traditional flash, when the glare from the window became so aggressive it…

I was sitting in a cramped, neon-lit studio in Osaka last spring, tracing the jagged edges of a traditional Irezumi piece, when it hit me: we spend way too much time treating…

I was sitting in my studio yesterday, pulling a pair of bright, sunburst-patterned socks from my drawer to match the vibrant traditional Japanese flash I was sketching, when I felt this sudden,…

I still remember stepping into the downtown municipal library on a rain‑slick Tuesday, the air thick with pine that had just been misted by a passing storm. A curtain of ivy clung…