Deep breath - I go on my trip tomorrow...
Bloody hell, who'd have thought I'd ever get to Japan?
Ok, so i just got back from collecting my Yen and a few other bits and now my bed is covered in piles of stuff ready to be squeezed in to my bags.
I reckon i'm a pretty lucky person most of the time, but if anything ridiculous is going to happen to anyone - that person is usually me (splashed by speeding cars in the rain on the way to important meetings; shit on from a great height by disease ridden pigeons (don't ever tell someone that's lucky); tripping up in front of a person you're about to introduce yourself to - the list could go on). So, a couple of days ago i started to worry that perhaps i didn't actually book a ticket to Japan - or perhaps there's another city in the world called Tokyo and i am in fact jetting off to Isle of Man*.... but this morning I tried checking in on-line: and it worked!
And yesterday I got an email from an associate professor at the Tokyo University of the Arts to say he'll meet me during my visit - this is part of his message:
Dear Rebecca
Thank you for your email.
I looked at your website, i could not understand rightly your idea. But it is very interesting about dandelion. So I will not help you in Japan, but i'd like to meet you this time in Ueno.
Could you please come to our University. Our University is Tokyo University of the Arts in Ueno. I will wait for you at the gate of our University on 10:00 morning 15th April.
Look forward to hearing from you
Takeshi
How exciting - meeting someone that i can tell about the project. Lucky man.
Ok - i'll probably not up-date the blog while away - but will have lots to tell when i get back.
* would have been a very expensive flight to the Isle of Man
Couldn't remember when you were leaving and just checked now to make sure the Icelandic Ash cloud wouldn't delay your leaving but you must be off by now or would have posted already.
ReplyDeleteWHat an exciting adventure! Hopefully the ashes will have cleared by the time you are set to return and you won't be stranded in Japan when you are scheduled to come back...there are bees waiting for you.
I love the way that you can transform my experience of cities I know so well by the child-like wonder and imagination of your projects. Everytime I see a dandelion I think of you.