I really like the picture of the rock star, Jussi 69, drawn by some 14-year-old, and the pictures sent to the Ginga: Nagaberoshi Gin competition arranged by some Anime magazine. I wanna draw like that. You know, you draw something real serious and intense, and then it all goes wrong (Jussi 69 and Gin look like mutant freaks). There’s something really touching and profoundly human in that. It’s really human to be clumsy and awkward.
I don’t know what my work will be called yet, but I had to write this introduction to the catalogue before it was finished. Right now I call it The Last Time I had Fun was in 2006 cause that’s when I finished high school. I wanted to revisit the feelings of anxiety and terror that I felt at school when I had to give a presentation, and how surprisingly insulting it was when someone didn’t listen to what I was saying. I’m glad I’ll be graduating soon.
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