Notices by mcc (mcc@mastodon.social), page 3

So there's this big block of green space right at the center of Tokyo, at the entrance to the bay, that seems to all be public land. When I entered the block a sign informed me I was entering the boundary of historical Edo Castle. There seem to be several different sectors, one of which is the "Kitanomaru Park" I'm in now which houses a bunch of museums and the national archives, and one of which is the modern imperial palace. I'm sure Wikipedia explains the exact arrangement somewhere.

I think… I think the art museum might technically be *inside* the imperial palace complex?

I'm getting started sort of slow today because I had a brief panic moment that maybe my Cassette Vision orders two days ago hadn't actually gone through, and then I left but had to come back because I realized the socks/shoes combination I'd chosen was going to give me a blister, and then I got trapped in an underground labyrinth

Motonaga Sadamasa

Kusama Yayoi

(This piece is from 1950 and staggers me a little. I've never heard of this artist— in general the curators of abstract/surreal art from this era don't seem to often foreground female artists.)

Anyway the museum claims they have Wonder Woman so I'm looking forward to that

This area, especially near the Shimizu gate, has been allowed to "get old" in a way I found really satisfying. Plants and moss all growing in the walls and floating in what used to be the moat

So like as a digital artist what captivates me with painting is the stuff that's unique about paintings as physical objects, the stuff you "can't digitize". A big one to me is the way stroke direction creates 3D shapes on the canvas surface. Look at this Klee piece. Taken as a while it's almost cartoony. But look at the negative space, between the lines. He doesn't just paint it in. It's so complex. Tiny, directed brushstrokes. Every bit of space filled with rushing-water direction and intention

Me: I switched to Firefox from Chrome for political and OS-support reasons, but it seems to be missing a lot of features I used

Mastodon Users, Constantly: Really, what's a feature that's missing?

Firefox's Built In Translation Feature, Just Now: Sorry, I've never heard of this "Japanese"

Humor is like sex: If you have to explain it, it's probably awesome

I'm going to Kamakura! They have the Ocean there and a large Buddha. (Also possibly some cool rocks and a bird that steals your food.) I have not seen the ocean since like 2018 or 2019 and the witchy parts of me are crying out in longing. A part of me has been missing.

The train ride is pretty long so I have a stretch goal, which is to answer the question: can one successfully install and configure Termux on a train?

Update: as soon as the train started moving I realized in fact this was a *back* seat and not a *front* seat, but it's facing backward so in a sense that's equivalent

Alright. I am on a tiny cute train, where I have a literal front seat. I have a small bag of fried dough shaped like tiny bears with various fillings. I am listening to Radiohead. I am only about 40% sure I know where this train is going. Rock on

Piece of advice. If you ever take the train to Kamakura. Be REALLY careful before taking an exit. If you take the wrong one (eg you want to transfer to the Enoden line and you get out on the gate opposing the Enoden boarding) JR will literally charge you 150yen to walk from one side of the station to the other lolsob

The best thing about eating tiny bears is you never know what they're going to be filled with

I found the ocean!!!! I realize this is literally the easiest thing on Earth to find but it took me a while. Now I am eating tiny bears. I hear somewhere around here there's a big dude who tells you you're on fire

Share with me your judgements, Internet.

Should I trust it?

"No!"

Beautiful foam

Hey, I found him! It's Gautama Buddha! G-dogg here is always trying to convince me that I am on fire. I think I mentioned this earlier