Six Degrees of Separation

Last month, December, I was tagged by North Carolina artist, Atul Pande. I was surprised, flattered but sadly I was a bit too busy to follow up on it. I was in Japan at the time visiting my family. So I'm catching up and doing the tag thing now. The rules are simple. List seven (7) interesting things about myself and then tag seven (7) artists I find interesting.

Enoshima Island as seen from the beach road.

If you're ever in Japan, you've got to find a department store and go to the basement floor. Known as "depa-chika" in Japanese, it's where you find the groceries and prepared foods. Most are prepared on site. This man is cooking a traditional Japanese sweet treat, waffle type fish shaped cakes with sweet bean paste.

Vendors in the "depa-chika".

At the train station near my parents' home. I used to ride this all the time while growing up, but the trains are now more modern.

So here are my seven interesting things about me...

1) I was born in Japan.

2) I lived in Spain for two years.

3) I did the running of the Bull at a small town called Arcos De La Frontera and was caught in the street while the bull was rampaging.

4) I was a model for a brief time when I was a teen-ager.

5) I kissed the Blarney Stone in Ireland

6) I had my own business at age 13 teaching (tutoring) English to Japanese students.

7) I'm bilingual - English/Japanese.

And now here are seven of the artists I find interesting. love, admire and are inspired by:

Nancy Medina, Alex Perez, Lori Woodward Simons, Linda Blondheim, Filomena Booth, Sheila Tajima, and Melissa Langer

Thank you!