12 2025

12 31 2025

i love you 2025.

12 31 2025

everyone.

12 31 2025

perfect new years at shays.

except zane is home in oregon.

12 30 2025

happy to have my white surface back.

12 29 2025

so jet lagged.

sleeping at 6pm lol.

makes it much easier

to go to the gym early.

i collect these leaves ( form study)

on the way home from the gym.

12 28 2025

arrive to the airport

excessively early, juat like i like.

12 28 2025

sad to go.

12 28 2025

we go to jimbocho to

go to komiyama books.

the best book store ever btw.

it makes us both so happy.

last time i was here, i purchased =

a visonaire and a bunch of cdg ephemera.

this time i purchase =

two visionaires, purple magazine,

+ some books for bowman.

12 28 2025

last day treat.

said goodbye to yuka last night

because she is not an early riser.

i woke up to a text from her

saying she would meet me for pancake.

so happy we get to spend

my last day together.

12 27 2025

i think i have to study here.

12 27 2025

i walk and take photos

to say to good bye.

12 27 2025

last full day!

12 26 2025

yuka and i try horse meat.

really good…

12 26 2025

i extend a day and spend the entire time with yuka.

truly a perfect day of eating, shopping, talking etc.

i feel so lucky to have met yuka.

12 25 2025

it is a tradition to get kfc in japan on christmas.

they were taken reservations.

we participate of course.

we then meet yuka for izakya

and these giant drinks (mega mug).

this is zanes last day,

but i decide to extend a day.

12 25 2025

back to toyko.

12 25 2025

highest altitude in japan for a train car.

12 25 2025

<3

12 25 2025

we take a car up to the top of the mountain.

enjoy a coffee and then take the romance train down.

12 25 2025

we bathe in every pool at the ryokan.

one of the most beautiful experiences i have had.

12 25 2025

merry christmas!

12 25 2025

an insane amount of food.

commical and fitting for christmas together.

12 24 2025

zane did not realize they provide dinner…

so when purchasing the room,

he also purchasing 2 hot pot meals…

12 24 2025

we check into a ryokan in hakone.

they serve us dinner in out room

which includes 30+ dishes.

12 24 2025

good.

12 224 2025

daniel and nori at okbura.

so so sad to leave these two. <3

12 24 2025

nori in their store.

12 24 2025

‘travel pairs’

what you see + what i see

12 24 2025

we head to okbura.

there we create a 4 color riso of our travel photos.

12 24 2025

zane stops to take a photo here.

i steal his shot.

12 24 2025

it doesn’t feel like christmas eve.

12 24 2025

we leave kobe today (very sad).

this is my favorite window at bison gallery.

12 23 2025

we are staying at an architecture commune in kobe called baison.

our friend nori has lived and worked here for three years.

12 23 2025

nori took us to the osaka flea maket.

despite the pouring rain, we shopped for 4 hours.

my design professor at saic (kazuki guzmán)

told me to always purchase old tools when in japan.

we found this hammer (it is a gift for someone who may be reading this.)

12 23 2025

prayer bead gifts

12 23 2025

i am so in love with the traditional wooden Kokeshi dolls.

alexander girard would collect these.

he later made a set of his own (now sold by vitra.)

i have made a ceramic set before.

i hope to create a wooden set as well.

12 23 2025

they are perfect.

12 23 2025

astro <3

12 23 2025

gift organizing.

12 22 2025

karoke until 3am… :)

12 22 2025

nori compared the cathartic experience of karoke to church.

i think we need more activities like this.

12 22 2025

trying kobe beef at steakland lol

12 22 2025

stairs in the house / gallery we are staying in.

12 22 2025

lineup.

12 21 2025

zane has become obsessed with chicken katsu curry.

tried this one in osaka after a long day of flea marketing.

it was ok, but the pork cutlet was thin (love raw egg).

12 21 2025

small beer

12 21 2025

understand.

12 21 2025

great selection of Kokeshi dolls.

12 21 2025

more.

12 21 2025

1.5 hour train to osaka for the flea.

we all purchase umbrellas.

12 21 2025

zane put a folded bill into the machine

and a man popped out from a little door.

very wizard of oz / 4th wall broken moment.

12 21 2025

good train handles.

12 21 2025

grey color.

12 21 2025

rain in osaka.

12 20 2025

this is the electrical box in kobe that all the teens drink at.

called “the box”, not to be confused with the club in nyc.

As you can see we participated in some public drinking.

12 20 2025

two doors.

12 20 2025

good.

12 20 2025

so warm here tonight.

we just want to walk all night.

12 20 2025

nori showing us leon’s tree house.

12 20 2025

nori playing guitar hero in his bookstore, okuba.

12 20 2025

zane trying out mac paint.

12 20 2025

zane playing guitar hero.

12 20 2025

zane eating honey toast with ice cream

12 20 2025

christmas bell concert in a 125 year of tunnel.

very special /one of my favorite parts of the trip

12 20 2025

zane putting his shoes on in the gallery living room of baison.

12 20 2025

The architects are kind of funny and play little tricks in their designs.

this is a clear floor right as we walk out of our room lol.

12 20 2025

more photos of baison.

perfect space / how we would like to design our home.

12 20 2025

waking up here >

12 19 2025

food that i forget the name of.

good and all cooked in the same broth.

12 19 2025

the best lamb curry i have ever had.

good choice by zane kind.

12 20 2025

Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine.

12 19 2025

a kiln in the house of Kanjiro Kawai.

wonderful ceramic artist from the 30s.

12 19 2025

house of Kanjiro Kawai.

12 19 2025

zane waiting.

12 19 2025

happy.

12 19 2025

zane taking off his shoes to walk in a shrine in kyoto.

12 19 2025

good.

12 19 2025

good no.2

12 19 2025

color.

12 19 2025

zane waiting again.

12 19 2025

zane’s new hat…

12 19 2025

so love.

12 19 2025

bamboo covers in kyoto.

style guide city type.

12 19 2025

shrine metal details.

12 19 2025

this is one of my favorite things at the shrines.

creates a beautiful collage of the beams and rafters.

12 19 2025

good again.

12 19 2025

understand me.

12 19 2025

two twin beds pushed together.

12 19 2025

kyoto light.

12 18 2025

arrived in kyoto of a very rainy day.

this is the second leg of the trip and what i have been most looking forward to.

12 18 2025

rain.

12 18 2025

the tiny truck.

12 18 2025

super rainy day in kyoto.

12 18 2025

zane on the bullet train passing mt. fuji.

12 17 2025

wonderful dinner with shay, sage, and mandy (shays mom).

park hyatt hotel / the best steak i have ever had.

12 17 2025

so awesome.

12 17 2025

cj spread.

12 17 2025

bento for the train ride to kyoto.

12 17 2025

cj and i talk about the colors of each day.

it is the color we gravitate towards with photos.

so much of tokyo is pink.

12 17 2025

pink day.

12 17 2025

walking to the train.

12 17 2025

again.

12 17 2025

message.

12 17 2025

i miss how you would see this.

12 17 2025

i think i actually sad not angry.

12 17 2025

goos at mirands.

12 17 2025

1ldk for sex talk .

12 17 2025

goos with the best outfit always.

12 17 2025

egg sando.

12 17 2025

don’t know why but love.

12 17 2025

transition day to new apartment.

12 17 2025

me.

12 17 2025

also always loved.

12 17 2025

christmas chalk.

12 17 2025

goodbye house.

12 17 2025

my best object.

12 17 2025

everything.

12 17 2025

travel photos.

12 16 2025

bloody angle...

12 16 2025

zane at the house i loved last time in koenji.

12 16 2025

kosuke tsumura fof inal home for sex talk.

12 16 2025

walk home from a sex talk interview.

12 16 2025

Nobuhiko Kitamura of hysteric glamour for sex talk.

12 16 2025

Nobuhiko Kitamura wrote all his answers of cue cards.

12 16 2025

<3 special interview.

12 15 2025

z shouting “good luck” before my interviews.

12 15 2025

too much to say today.

i will come back and tell you later.

12 15 2025

for sasha’s doll house.

12 15 2025

i have these at home.

12 15 2025

goodbye perfect air bnb.

12 15 2025

karaoke >

12 14 2025

zzz.

12 14 2025

good text again.

12 14 2025

i want to make one.

12 14 2025

just super love.

12 14 2025

for mom (circles).

12 14 2025

lol.

12 14 2025

me.

12 14 2025

pink train.

12 14 2025

everything.

12 14 2025

very cold here.

12 14 2025

zane + cj’s pocari sweats.

12 14 2025

purchases from today.

one for shay + one for ivy.

12 13 2025

<3

12 13 2025

us at domicile.

zane bought this shirt.

12 13 2025

more good text.

12 13 2025

whatever.

12 13 2025

i <3 photos of food.

best katsu ever also.

12 13 2025

good text.

12 13 2025

twins.

12 13 2025

walk in koenji.

12 12 2025

flyer for our event at domicile


12 12 2025

everyday

12 12 2025

morning walk with z to get coffee from the hot refrigerator at 7/11

12 12 2025

i am so happy to be here

12 12 2025

beautiful light in the house we are staying in

12 12 2025

good morning tokyo

12 11 2025

can’t sleep almost at all

12 11 2025

haneda is a very beautiful airport

12 11 2025

arrive so sick from eating bell pepper

15 years ago i ate bell pepper when i was sick

and threw up and i still can not stomach it

12 10 2025



14 hour flight from nyc to tokyo

i <3 meticulously planning out the work

i will complete on the plane hour by hour



10:00am = board plane + find seats + unpack travel bag + take off

11:00 = settle / eat first meal / chicken + udon + shrimp + + salad

12:00 = try to get wifi / fail to get wifi + loose headphones

1:00 = write 10 questions for 3 sex talks

2:00 = organize and delete aeg photo on laptop

3:00 = continue to organize aeg photo

4:00 = try and fall asleep

5:00 = big hero six

6:00 = try to sleep

7:00 = sleep

8:00 = wake up, have “snacK”

9:00 = edit belia edward goucha photos

10:00 = eat horrible meal (eggs with bell pepper)

11:00 = arrive + immediately throw up (ate bell pepper)

12 09 2025



my perfect lunch

romaine lettuce with dimes chicken salad

i could easily eat this everyday (sometimes i do)

12 08 2025

bella m lucio in her perfect jacket for sex talk

12 07 2025

belated birthday dinner at eel bar with sasha and tulane

perfect meal: egg with anchovy situation

martinis are only $16.00 at here btw

12 07 2025

lucy 000 shot me with these dots

12 07 2025

shot with lucy 000 today

they were both wearing perfect outfits

i wore three looks

one: grey outfit

two: white outfit

three: black outfit (leather)

12 06 2025

celebratory dinner at funny bar

with the abelia edward goucha team

12 06 2025

shooting at my favorite wall-ball court

on the westside highway

12 06 2025

abelia edward goucha shoot <3

12 06 2025

lunch break with abelia edward goucha team

7th street burger of course (zane’s favorite spot)

adg said they would “eat this everyday” if it was in japan

"umai" / うまい

12 05 2025

picking up jewelry with aakash

12 05 2025

management contract <3

very exciting day

12 04 2025

interviewed gala prudent for for sex talk with sex magazine

she showed up wearing the same

helmunt lang sweater as me <3

12 04 2025

gala prudent for sex talk

12 04 2025

sex mag set up

12 03 2025

creating a logo with this

12 02 2025

house felt pretty

12 02 2025

chai tea everyday

it is too cold to drink anything else

12 01 2025

revelie luncheonette with eliza after a

bunny rodgers reading at surrender dorothy

we split a burger and both got ginger carrot soup

+ raspberry buttercream cake for her birthday

i was my first time meeting eliza

very beautiful person and brain

she asked me to go to the bunny rodgers talk

b/c she found my comment on a

bunny rodgers video posted 9 years ago

12 01 2025

bunny rodgers singing and playing guitar

for the first time in front of an audience

notes from her reading at surrender dorothy

the weird girl is now a weird women 

feels bad, i’m going to keep doing it 


lady on the train, you can see me? 

turns out, everyone can see me 


i am revolted by how much help i need

it is infinite 


my dream is reasonable and plain

12 01 2025

amazing store = surrender dorothy

12 01 2025

shoot prep for abelia edward goucha