Welcome. Please come into our Nagaya. Dozo. 🙂 I hope I used that right. This is my 5th entry here. And the end of my first full month of learning to speak Nihongo. Which I have to say, though challenging also very very fun. After a month of this I have decided that this will be a life long lesson for me. Because I am surprised at what I am capable of within this short amount of time. An example would be, the other day while I was in traffic a BIG colorful van pulled in front of me. On the back doors of this van was Katakana/Kanji/Katakana. I thought to myself, “I can read those.” So I tried, mouthing the first word slowly as I read the characters. Ha wa i. Instantly I recognized it. Hawaii. and I smiled to myself. I moved passed the Kanji (Which I know in time I will learn) and to the next set of Katakana, and read it also slowly, O n ra i n. I thought, “That’s not an english word.” I read it again a little faster, On rain….still I did not believe it a word and yelled underneath my helmet”What is an On rai n!?!?! That’s not a word!” Then I read it really fast with the best Nihongo accent I could muster, Onrain! And then it hit me. OHHHHHHH! Online!

Though I am slow at times. I am satisfied knowing that I know more than I did the day before. When the time comes I look forward to having a personality when I speak. But for now I must learn to paint pictures in my mind.

Ahhhhh! I finally got to the meat of this. What the title is about. Well, Long ago, I was an artist. They actually say it never really dies in you. Matter of fact, I drew a a little cartoon picture. The first time in many many moons. Probably more around 4 years. That’s a lot of moons. That’s around the same time I took a promotion at my job. But, I’m not here to talk about my job.

Though I have not truly drawn anything in years. Going to learn Nihongo, They are always telling me, I need to paint a picture in my mind. So I can understand what I am saying. So for now. I am learning to be an artist using only my mind and words. Words I never knew. Kind of like telling a person who only painted to create a sculpture.

Thank you all for stopping by to read yet again. I’d like to leave you with something I did…many many moons ago. 🙂