Back here again!
Hello!
I have not been able to update this journal section for a long time.
Thanks to all of you, this summer's Kakigori has been even more of a hit than I expected (although it's not over yet), and my days have flown by with, at least updating Instagram, doing weekly popups, playing with my kids, writing for a Japanese magazine, and treating myself a little.
How has your summer been?
At Street Bazaar, the first big outdoor event I exhibited at the end of July, I saw a huge crowd of people I hadn't seen in 18 months.
They were eating, dancing, and hugging each other, and as being surrounded by the exuberant energy of the people, I had a few moments where I wondered if this was a game of guessing between dreams and reality (even while making Kakigori non-stop! ).
But then again, a new kind of virus made it so that I could only see your eyes again.
It's a disappointment, but even with just your eyes, or rather your very presence, we can feel so many things for each other, can't we?
Just by looking at the back, I can tell that you are tired; just by greeting you, I can tell that something good has happened to you.
I often wonder what this pandemic is teaching us.
What is the message that it has been conveying for such a long time, with all the problems of politics, economics, race, and the environment?
My answer so far is here;
The importance of making a decision by ourselves
without blaming others or something bigger.
And to respect different opinions more than ever.
To listen instead of trying to persuade.
Furthermore, I should be more than grateful for the freedom to be able to make my own decisions in this unequal society.
Well…I think,
this is a transition period under the name of global pandemic for us to welcome a new world of diversity in the true sense of the word, where we can be independent and harmonize with each other.
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This was a random note at the end of Summer 2021.
Okay,
BIG events coming up this weekend[STREET BAZAAR and FEAST! ]and I have been making lots of lots of stuff more than ever.