What did I learn from this course?

I didn't have interest in creating and publishing by myself though I like reading and enjoying created things. Though the class, I wrote many things about me and what I think about something on my blog. I hadn't experienced to publish something without speaking to many people. Therefore, I was afraid if my writing could be understood like what I want to or not.

However, I learned that that is creating. It is difficult to share what I think or feel with others via works. It is easier to explain it by speaking for me, but I think it is interesting to know how readers feel from my work. Even if the feeling is not what I want to describe by my work. Besides, if we can create good feeling by my poem in readers mind, don't you think it is magical? because they don't experience what I wrote in poem and don't see special but only read my work.

I wrote one poem about youth as a first publishing, and 4 poems about pictures of times of a day by Mucha, one of my favorite painters. My poems could be immature, but I am happy some friends say they like my poems:) I wanna continue writing poems after the class. I enjoyed this course very much! Thank you :))

My obituary

Meiko Horikoshi passed away by on December 25, at the age of 70, at her house in Fukushima.

Meiko was born on December 25 in 1991, and grown up in Iwaki by 18 years old. Then, she entered International Christian University and studied about music education for children. She graduated from ICU in 2014, and work for the Agency for Cultural Affairs. Because she liked stage works very much she contributed to make them popular among Japanese young people.

She got married to one of her good friends in 2017 and had 3 children, two girls and one boy. She also worked after the marriage and births because she liked her work. Since her parents lived together, they helped to raise children. She and her husband tried to make their family warm together, and realize it.

She lived in tokyo, but she likes her hometown Iwaki. Therefore, she kept working for reconstruction till she died. She also liked to travel abroad with her husband. They visited over 100 countries.

After her husband died in December 23, she didn't cry hard and spent grate time with all of her family because it was Christmas eve. However, she couldn't wake up in the next day. She went to heaven where her husband and parents were there.

A funeral for her will be held in December 27, but it is the end of year. She said she want to die quietly and want my funeral to be held only by close people. Therefore, instead of participate in the funeral please celeblate happy new year :)

Second publishing

This is my 2nd poems about my favorite pictures.
I wanna publish the as 2nd publishing.
Please leave comments to improve them :)


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tJOF9-ldm9W37C-G8qHvWLIMF1Gto-ag_Cg98wcUvn0/edit?hl=en_US&pli=1#

Directing

In this term, I take a class, "Interpreting in Society."
This class focus on not only Interpreting but also other profession intermediate between anything and anybody.

To intermediate is very difficult work.
For example, interpreters have to tell what speaker talked to listener in different language. To do this, they have to study about a topic in advance. Besides, depending on a case, they are needed added value like presiding and arbitrating. Though these work are not original work but needed in fact.

As a final paper, I will write a report about something related to intermediate.
My theme is directing of foreign musical in Japan as intermediating between an original musical and Japanese. As I talked about Romeo and Juliet the musical before, this work was played in over25 countries. And each time the contents is different by directing though the songs used in were aimost same. What did directer do to atract people in a country?
Actually, Japanese one directed by Shuichiro Koike was not so good for me. However, that't why I become interested in directing lol
Now I read a book about directing and acting, or a role of directers. I found some new points to see acting. I recommend to study it if you want to enjoy movies and of course musicals.

What's my view about religion?

I don't have a specific religion.
However, I sometimes pray god for giving me power to overcome something, but the god is vague. I went to a shrine to celebrate a new year. On the other hand, I celebrate a Christmas and hold a party on the day.

I like a way of thinking that everything has its god. Is it animism,an ancient Japanese thinking style?
I don't know much about it, and I'm not interested in its roots. This is my way.

If I walk in a quiet woods, I feel a mystic aura.
I cannot explain the aura well, but it's like Sisigami-sama of Mononoke-hime or Totoro...
These two images are different from each other, but how I feel depends on my mental condition.
What I can say is that I feel something cannot see at the time, but I don't know it is a kind of gods.
Similar things occur when I go to a church, an old construction, a mountain, and so on.

I don't want to deny those who have own religion. But it is true that religion sometimes brings about a conflict. If they allow others to have different thoughts, the world would be more peaceful place. Religion is a very influential thing, can be a crux of a believer. Though I took a introduction of Christianity, and study what religion is, I still wonder it.

Before I entered ICU, I rarely met religious people and thought about religion so much. However, because I chose ICU, I have been interested in it without consciousness.
Now I have many Christian friends and can listen their thinkings. We, don't have religion, are minority in the world. I don't think I will believe particular god in the future, but I wanna know more about it to understand the majority.

Kendo

Kendo is one of my favorite sports:) though I cannot play well. lol

Last Sunday, I went to watch matches at Nippon Budocan with one of my friends who plays kendo at ICU. This was a first time to see live ones. It was sooooooo exciting!! and much more speedy than
I expected. Though I had watched some kendo matches on YouTube, live ones were completely different.

Every fighter's face, voice, and posture were filled up with tension. It continued for 5 minutes till the end of the match. Whether he was win or not, he kept manners.
When I saw they going out to buy some food during a break, their faces were usual. I was impressed with the gap!!!

I think kendo is so beautiful, cultural, and emotional sport.
I play it for 2 months in high school PE class, and I play it again this term once a week.
Though I haven't experienced a formal match, I felt atmosphere of it by only watching.
I really appreciate the friend and a boy who told me about kendo in my childhood.

What does love mean to me?

I think love means feelings

to want to be with someone you love
to wish his/her happiness
to think of him/her

I don't know these feelings are for him/her or for myself.
But, I like to love people because it makes my life more comfortable.
If I would find someone to love, I am made happy by only few words from him.
However, at the same time, to love opposite sex person need courage because it is not always to be loved by him. lol
In addition, sometimes I don't know if I like as a friend or love as a man.


Though I haven't found my lover who ages together yet, I wanna find him and make a family filled with love in the future:)