PAINT DANCE VIDEO

Hakone

The country side of Japan is disgustingly beautiful.
The air wasn't stuffy like it is here in tokyo during the summer.
It was crisp and fresh.  The temperature was all too perfect, and the mist hanging
around the tops of mountains painted in green produced one feeling.

calm.

I tried an onsen for the first time while i was here and loved it.  Laying my head back to see the heat becoming wicked off from the night time breeze, and the stars shining down setting up a pathway for my imagination to float off too.

Yukatas are a wonderful invention, it is a traditional Japanese garment that is similar to a kimono but used for summer.  Very easy to go to the bathroom in, and feels great on the body after the warmth of the outdoor bath shrouded by smooth rocks and so much green.

All i saw was green this weekend.  Green and happy high school girls that may have confessed their love to me a few times. I would hear "Joseph-kun" called from the other side of hallways.  I felt like a celebrity. But ego aside.  The atmosphere, the energy of working with the students, the baths, all came together to make me love japan so much more.

If i have anything to recommend, it is to go see what else Japan has to offer besides the highly marketed and overpriced lifestyle of Tokyo.

Sometimes you just need a break from stress, anxiety, and to slow things down and coast along the lakeside encased in natures wonders.

Sadly, my tour has ended with me coming back to a hot and stuffy tokyo, where i sweated more in the 10 min i was in the train station, than when i was hiking up the mountains with a bunch of energetic students.

But i'll come back to nature, the smell and the visual stimulus has captured the idea of comfort, and i will return to it in my dreams, and someday. in person.

Age

I met a writer the other day,  he's a novelist.  He is getting published.  We talked a lot, because....i think i'm a writer too?  Least that's what my college says.

I met another musician the other day.  He pushed me to get on the mic that night.  He was crazy, wasn't scared at all to stand infront of a crowd that gave him a few looks and he inspired me like every musician i meet.

you know what?

I've met a lot of older people in the past few weeks.

I question why it is seemingly impossible to find people my age unless they are from my school. 
But I don't mind.
Because one friend told me.  "I forget you are so young, when i hang out with you, i think we are the same age"
 

I respect that.  And even though i am way younger than all these people.  They treat me like an adult.  They respect me, and i feel accepted.  I can joke and talk about things as if the age was thrown out the window.  Knowledge is collective... so they do have more in certain areas.  But i've seen a lot.  Done a lot.  You just have to think that people can always relate to each other.  We are all human.  We are all living in the same time period.  We exprience the same things.

So when you meet someone, don't be afraid of how old they are.
And don't let them treat you like their child, unless you want another parent.
Meet people,  everyone has an interesting story.  Everyone has feelings that you can probably relate to.

 And because of all this.  I don't give a shit how old anyone is.  Because of the respect i was given.  I want to give everyone i meet the same respect.  Unless you find a way to make me take that back (which is quite hard) 

So whoever is reading this.  Whether you are a stalker, you landed here by mistake, or you are one of my good friends.

I respect you all.
peace and love.