Thought I'd post something just to make sure the blog still works. I'm going to be providing running commentary to my new trip to Corsica and London (with short visits to Nice and Brussels).
You probably won't see any updates until Friday but they should be more frequent after that.
This first post actually provides a nice link from my trip to Japan (which you can read about below) to the new trip.
I never finished blogging about the last few days in Japan but one of the highlights was getting a sketch in a book from Francois Schuiten, one of my favorite artists. He and his writing partner Benoit Peeters were guests at the big manga festival I attended and they very generously agreed to sign a 20 year old paperback of one of their first works together after having spent over two hours signing and sketching in books for their Japanese fans.
While Schuiten was drawing I spoke with Peeters and we discussed Brussels and my appreciation for the architecture of Art Nouveau pioneer Victor Horta. Peeters suggested that the next time I am in Brussels I should check out the Maison Autrique, a Horta designed house which he and Schuiten had been restoring for years and which has featured prominently in some of their recent work. I hope to visit there on the last day of my vacation when I will take a day trip to Brussels.
Thus we have a connection from the end of my Japan trip to the end of my Europe trip. I'm looking forward to closing the loop.
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