Advance notice about our speaker for April 10th 2016.
Liane Wakabayashi, a long term Tokyo resident, is an artist and writer (and former journalist).
She has created a unique series of visual images (which she has made recently into a set of colorful "Genesis" cards) with which she organizes workshops or individual sessions.
She uses the images to encourage self discovery on certain themes as well as to tap into the sources of creativity and humor that she feels we all posses.
She also employs other visual art (such as in small group workshops based on simple self-portraits) to enable insights about oneself and personality strengths and so deepen self-confidence.
Liane believes that drawing affords people of all ages, even those with NO artistic background, an opportunity to reflect and see new possibilities especially with her guidance and the unexpected links to other images in her Genesis series..
Your moderator agrees that we are never too old to see ourselves anew -- in a fun and unusual way.
Peggy Kanada, moderator
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
March 13 Lecturer - Copper plated Old buildings - March 16 Lecture at Lakeland
Urgent: THIS Wed March 16 Lecture on Sunagawa(Tachikawa base) Protests
Our very interesting speaker, Charles Laurier talked about "erasing history" --how the prewar home/businesses that were 2 story buildings in Tokyo's shita-machi with doban (copper decoration) are disappearing rapidly. He pointed out that at most 200 remain today and had some ideas for their preservation.
(The one pictured is in the Edo-Tokyo Open Architecture Museum in Kogane, Tokyo.)
Charles recommended the talk by Lakeland College professor,
Adam Tompkins.
"The Forgotten Struggle- Sunagawa Toso [Charles
explained these were successful if little remembered protests against American
Tachikawa air base expansion that resulted partly in building Showa Kinen
Koen] and Acts of Erasure".
March 16
7pm
Lakeland College (near Shinjuku Sanchome subway station)
Free and open with out RSVP to all.
See college website for directions. tel 03-3225-0425
http://lcj.lakeland.edu/
Peggy Kanada, moderator
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