Moving House

Posted by GJC (Kyoto, Japan) on 18 March 2008 in Abstract & Conceptual and Portfolio.

Many thanks to all of you who have written such warm and encouraging words about this blog. I appreciate it more than I can possibly say and I feel very rewarded and energized that people take such pleasure from the images I've posted. Thank you very much. Many of you wrote inquiring about the meaning of the tablets in yesterday's image, and you'll find a response there if you're still interested.
I am in the process of moving from the house I've rented for the last three years into a newer apartment. The owner will tear the house down, and I can't say that this tattered old place doesn't deserve a quiet rest. But in it reside the memories of some of the most profound events -- many happy and many very painful -- of my life, and I am loathe for it to be made a dust heap.
My new place is great. But I will miss this old place, too, and this photo is my thank you and my goodbye to a lovely old home that has sheltered me and all the memories that I've made here. さようなら.

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Comments (20)

pLusOne from Cheonan, South Korea

oh, I hope that you made lots of good memories in the old place and adjust well to the new place soon :)

18 Mar 2008 12:19am

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia

All the best in your new home. I like the composition of this image with the light illuminating the mats. Well done.

18 Mar 2008 3:03am

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

Those are beautiful words to accompany this loving image from your old home. Carry with you the best of your memories and plant them afresh . . renewal awaits.

18 Mar 2008 4:45am

Teresa Durães from Montijo, Portugal

beautiful light

18 Mar 2008 6:28am

Bonj from Jefferson City, United States

Nice shadows and texture on the floor. Here's hoping that your new place is as photographic.

18 Mar 2008 6:57am

Stu from Kyoto, Japan

Congrats on the move GJC. I'll be moving too in afew months after 4 years in my current place. A nice touch to get in a classic GJC shadow shot to show your respects. Lighting perfectly handled as usual.

18 Mar 2008 10:51am

yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece

I like these little moment you captured - very nice work

18 Mar 2008 11:09am

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

Well good luck in your new place. Love the photo, you are a master of light and shade and subtle colours.

18 Mar 2008 2:05pm

Ian Bramham from Manchester, United Kingdom

Good luck and my best wishes for the move!

18 Mar 2008 4:01pm

e. from New York, NY, United States

Beautiful simplistic lighting. :) Good luck with the new place!

18 Mar 2008 4:04pm

Lucca from Cologne, Germany

I always love to read your writing and I hope you'll have a good and happy time with wonderful moments in the new apartement.// This image is so beautiful because it's perfectly composed and looking at it make me feel good. How ist the light in your new apartement, GJC? Will you see she shadows of the morning sun or of the evening sun? Can you see a tree if you look out of the window?

18 Mar 2008 4:21pm

Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands

Good luck in your new home! I like the vague shadows combined with the crisp wooden framework, somehow symbolising what you said. This is also a wonderful composition with kind of geometry in it, I like it very much.

18 Mar 2008 4:42pm

Anita from West Nottingham, United States

A lovely tribute and memory.

18 Mar 2008 4:49pm

Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada

Sweet composition and the textures come out nicely. Enjoy the new home and make new memories.

18 Mar 2008 6:38pm

danthro from Suburbia, United States

another simple but beautiful composition from GJC

19 Mar 2008 4:57pm

farmermarn from Baltimore, United States

Oh- whew! When I first started reading I thought you weren't going to keep your blog going!

I love the worn mat. Always sad leaving a place... I still dream about my father's house that we finally had to sell.

19 Mar 2008 7:40pm

timothy sullivan from tokyo, Japan

you know-- i hate how people tear down buildings in this country instead of reinforcing them somehow; little by little, it just seems that the Japanese are losing their architectural heritage-- and it seems that the only people who really seem to care are the older folks and the gaijin. i suppose there's something to be said for "progress", in terms of safety-- but i reckon that the more that people tear down to make room for the new, i wonder-- will these photos be all that remains of the old?

and does your new place have tatami? ;-) prolly not, but i figure i'd ask anyhow. i really love the scent of tatami-- and how it feels in summer; when everything else feels so hot, it always seems to have just the right temperature

20 Mar 2008 5:18am

Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan

This is a nice and most emotional way to say farewell to your old place! My first 7 and a half years in Japan have been spent in what is called "usagi-goya", but I liked it very much ! Everything was in miniature and the experience with tatami was "thrilling" - it was old and it did not smell! Of course, I got fever in the muscles of my legs and doctor told me to buy a table and a chair and alternate sitting on tatami with sitting on a chair until I get better.I never got better and I was glad when I moved house and could use table and chair all the time! What I did for more than ten years was sleeping on futon, until my husband decided that I should have a bed!

20 Mar 2008 7:22am