HIROSHIGE AND VAN GOGH

HIROSHIGE AND VAN GOGH
Read About Van Gogh's Secret Visit to Japan

WELCOME TO BLOGABOUTJAPAN

WELCOME TO BLOGABOUTJAPAN
IT WAS A SPECIAL TIME IN MY LIFETIME

APT WITH TATAMI MATS, a special time in my lifetime in Japan...

APT WITH TATAMI MATS, a special time in my lifetime in Japan...
Watercolor by R.L.Huffstutter

COMPARISONS IN ART

COMPARISONS IN ART
HIROSHIGE'S WORK ON LEFT, VAN GOGH'S ON RIGHT

YOKOHAMA PICTURE SHOW

YOKOHAMA PICTURE SHOW
Shot with my Petri in Yokohama 1962

RICE FIELD IN JAPAN 1962

RICE FIELD IN JAPAN 1962
I took this with my PETRI in Kanagawa Prefecture

Sunday, November 28, 2010

SOMETIMES IT HURTS TO HURT...

THE DECISIONS ONE MAKES IN YOUTH WILL FOREVER FOLLOW US THROUGH LIFE. This is a statement that is not Divine wisdom by any means, however it is a statement few of us really understand until we reach the age when we know that life will not go on forever, a feeling many of us had in our youth.

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I THOUGHT ABOUT THE YOUNG WOMAN I BADE FAREWELL TO ON THAT DAY IN DEMEMBER OF 1963? HOW MANY DAYS HAS IT BEEN SINCE OUR HANDS LAST TOUCHED? HOW MANY DAYS HAVE PASSED? NO, I DO NOT WANT TO COUNT THEM--IT IS TOO PAINFUL. WAS IT FATE THAT ENDED OUR ROMANCE? I CANNOT SAY. I WILL WRITE A NOVEL SOMEDAY EXPRESSING MY FEELINGS ABOUT OUR ROMANCE, A STORY ABOUT A YOUTHFUL ROMANCE THAT WAS IDEAL. PERHAPS IT WAS MEANT ONLY TO LAST AS LONG AS IT DID--A SHORT TIME. WHATEVER THE CASE, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A DAY THAT HAS PASSED THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN HER FACE IN MY THOUGHTS, THOUGH I STOPPED WHISPERING HER NAME MANY YEARS AGO. SOMEDAY, I SAID, I WILL WRITE THE BOOK ABOUT YOUTHFUL ROMANCE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST. IT WILL BE A POSITIVE AND UPLIFTING ROMANCE WITH A LESSON: FOLLOW YOUR HEART AND YOU WILL NEVER HAVE REGRETS, YOU WILL NEVER HAVE TO WONDER IF YOUR DECISION WAS RIGHT OR WRONG.
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SOMETIMES IT HURTS TO HURT...
When sailors depart, they usually have someone they love to share the moment of departure. How many of these overseas romances continue is subject matter for novels. James Michener wrote one, "Sayonara" that says much about these departures.

Uploaded by roberthuffstutter on 19 Nov 10, 3.33PM PST.





Sometimes i am too honest

sometimes i think i open my heart too much

sometimes i cannot forget memories

i am who i am and what i am

i cannot pretend to forget what is heavy on my heart

this is the price i pay for being an artist

this is what happens to one as they grow older, memories of youth grow closer........

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