July 29

Saw this amazing site today riding along in the bus from Tokyo to Karuizawa. Fortunately, I had my camera on the seat beside me and was able to grab a quick shot of this beautiful green valley.

I had been feeling really stressed for days before this trip. As soon as I saw this site and was able to get a photo, all of the tension and stress left my body. Amazing. It was such a simple thing that brought transformation. and it happened so quickly and effortlessly.

As I dig deeper into this "creative process" project, the more I find it's really the uncomplicated, effortless things that seem to create and/or bring me back to a state of "flow."

June 18

Photos
Went to Kita-Sakado this morning to photograph the rice fields. I always enjoy May-June in Japan, not only because of the weather but, also enjoy rides in the countryside and seeing the flooded rice fields.

Only slept about 3 hours last night before leaving the house at 5:30am this morning. When I got home from Saitama this afternoon, I spent a couple of hours uploading my RAW files and practicing trumpet. Then I slept about 6-7 hours. Didn't do much today. Watched an old Gene Hackman movie, The Domino Principle, when I woke-up this evening.