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I am interested in the multipurpose Japanese “I’m going fishing for the afternoon / I'm going painting in a garden / I'm going to school / I'm going to make one of the best films ever” hat seen on adults, grandparents, school children and famous filmmakers alike. Sometimes the back brim of the hat is turned upwards for a stylish flair, other times it is pulled down fairly tight. I wonder if this gentleman knows that the rock he is painting in front of him is actually the Rikugien skull rock when viewed from the right of where he is sitting?

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Five days ago in the rain at 12:06 JST I photographed signage of a penguin on the back of a delivery truck, knots of silhouetted telephone pole wires, red, blue, and yellow laundry the same color as the penguin's tuxedo, hat, and cane – so many of my favorite things – all viewed through the blue gradient of a Honda's wet front window. These elements serve to remind me of another simpler photograph made through the Honda's cool tint, then further back in time to old surfing shirts with silhouetted palm trees in front of radiant sunsets. It must be the gradient that smoothly transitions between present and past and triggers reflection and nostalgia