Modeling technique 1

(left image; paper clay nikon f100 AF VR nikkor 105mm micro f16 kodak100)

This is paper clay model. scale;1/8,color TAMIYA for plastic model kit

This model costs less than 2$. I am very tired. This girl's face is very complex shape.

Do you have some question about modeling technique?

Next I will make "Masakado".

Who are you?

(left image; I am a "Haniwa". Please call me Hani)

From the very beginning, Nobody knows who describes and reads blog. bloggers stand on the ground of anonymity.
I had been working at publisher more than ten years ago.
Absolutely Publisher can not act under the liberty of anonymity. Why? Because publishing cost is so much expensive. To secure the safety transaction , publisher must describe the name of parties on the book.

Am I meeting you by chance,or did you discover me? You
think "I discovered this for myself"naturally.But you are not always master of what you are doing yourself. On the ground of anonymity, the authority is anonymous too.
Dr Goebbels said,"Politics without propaganda, it's nonsense. Maliciousness of thinking must not be recognized.If people come to think"This is propaganda"Politics will fail.
The most crafty propaganda stands on the ground of the anonymity. By the lead of this propaganda, people say" thinking like so ,it's natural and common."
We can not become the master of ourselves after all. Disclosure for everyone, and equal opportunity, the very TRAP ,it is.

(Dr Goebbels; one of the leaders in Nazi German)

Hesitating to say" the matter".But...

(left image; movie poster "UGETSU")

A certain famous singer died yesterday.The Roman Catholic scandal made me astonished.
In Japan, I think ,there are many great classics. These affair remind me of one story of "ugetsu".
Hardly listening to talking about a certain chapter in public, there is the story about pedophilia and cannibalism.
"AOZUKIN"（BLUE HOOD),This is a story about the one monk and the other traveller monk on the pilgrimage. 　Although excellent he was, the monk came to love some little boy and indulge affair.
but after this little boy's death, he indulged cannibalism.
After all , the traveller monk investigated the monk's temple, and evrything was detected. The monk suicided by the lead of Buddhism and the traveller monk.

master woodcarver

(left image;Canon EOS Kiss EF28-80mm USM f11 film centuria200 woodcarving wild cherry,some German girl)



Once upon a time, there were great fine woodcarver and his apprentice.
Apprentice asked his boss,"How can boss master carving technique?"
Boss answered "There have been figures in the woods already . I only get figures out of them."
Apprentice went back to his home and took many woods from
the garden. and splited them. Figures didn't appear at all.
Then I woke up in the morning. It was a dream.He was "Unkei".
(This tale is based on Japanese famous roman by"Souseki Natume".)

Nothing make progress like "Harry Callahan"

(left image Mr.Foucault " The third")

The criminal Procedure Code is one of the most difficult law, and mainly it provides "due process".
Coincidentally, I knew serious news about this in U.S,France and Japan, at the same time.
But this three troubles are unique each other.
U.S case is torture problem (water boarding),France case is magistrate problem, and Japan case is confession and DNA identify.
Loopholes always exit. Prosecutor often take a chance in a "dirty"way. this is common thing in every country.
What I always think interesting, is that these"dirty" ways are unique in every country.
Japanese interrogator often interrogates suspect in the way which is not only logical but psychological and emotional.
Japanese prosecutor is not going to make suspect testify but reform their mind. Suspect often burst into tears.Then, interrogator say "He has fallen now."
And sometimes suspect confess false criminal fact about himself. These case is common motif on TV program in Japan.

("Harry Callahan"is a main character in the movie "Dirty Harry")

Yellow covers my contribution.

(nikon f100 AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm F/2.8 Kodak100 f12)

Spelling of English is difficult for me. Google spellchecker covers always my description with many yellow marking. When Search engine often return the word "did you mean ...?", I am always irritated by that.
　I assume that rate of spelling miss shows social class. Lawyer's jargon is for me so difficult about both meaning and spelling.
In Japan, Calligraphy "kanji"is used everywhere. I am not good at kanji too. Even if I can read it, I often can't write it without dictionary. In France there was"Noblesse de robe"Lords of appeal in Ordinary. They got noble status by money and worked as a lawyer. Mastering difficult kanji is just as if this. In Japan, Lawyer use so difficult kanji.


By the way, Sunflower is attorney's symbol in Japan. Kodak yellow is always good.( Only Kodak100 ,so it is. Kodak Gold 400 in japan is more blue than yellow.)

Private"Pochi"

(left image; nikon f100 AF-s VR micro-nikkor 105 mm f/2.8 IF-ED kodak100 f18 Japanese dog; wild cherry YAMAZAKURA woodcarving)


("Pochi" is common pet dog name in Japan.)


What on earth is that red mark on the corner ?
In Japanese elementary school,when pupils do good work in the lesson, for example,composition,craft and picture , teachers stamp such mark on pupil's works. I always would think this custom so old fashioned. How about you?

Before the wwⅡ,there was a very famous dog cartoon in Japan. Hero was a dog soldier"Norakuro"."His carrier" started as a private. But strange to say, it was a Boston teria which looked like" Felix the cat" in the U.S.cartoon.
(By the way, Donald duck is a sailor,isn't it? I have seen marine Donald and army soldier too. I often meet the Japanese who like Disney very much but know nothing about this at all. )

Ein bisshen Budda, da

(Nikon D70 sigma zoom 18-200mm f8 tungsten)
(little Buddha boy, marble)

title; Lovely little Buddha ,here it is!



(Why Germany? because of only phonological reason ."Leben Sie wohl!")

Are you a good race or a bad race?

( above image; minolta Dimage7Hi f5.6 WB tungstein)
(This man's name is Mr Foucault "the third". Famous France philosopher Michel Foucault reincarnated twice. Now He is a" Koga Ninja". He will take part in this blog as a part time commentator.)("Koga" and "Iga" are two representative Ninja sect.)

What is "We"? Why do we use "we"? A slogan just as "Yes ,we can."was used in a certain other land. Ninja don't know both such the word "we" and"I". When you use "we",you never think"we are a bad race"at all. Who are a bad race? Even when we say"we are a bad people", it means that we must become good one.Ninja use only the word "Yes or No"and"good or bad".
By the way,One time Ninja stands by the good, the other by the bad. Ninja must not be self independent. Ninja must only endure everything.This is a Ninja AESTHETIC. Negativeness of self independent of SUBJECT is one of the important problems in the Foucault studies. ..................(The description about Ninja does not always depend on the historical fact.)

Dooms Day

(Above image is composite photo.)
Dooms day hasn't come."By the way, the people who believed Armageddon would happen,made base camp by Mt.Fuji.Do you remember that?"
Almost Japanese say "Yes,of course. I was not born yesterday."
If the day wouldn't come, how such people live on after that?

Why am I so birght?

(left image;ninomiya sontoku 二宮尊徳）

She said "What are you doing?" I answer her" I carry fire wood and study at the same time."
I have no money, so I am doing job for tuition in the early morning.　By the way, Old Japanese like me have no bed. So I can't go to bed too. So I always study till morning.
" You are always sleeping in the classroom." She said. I thought her stupid. Are what teachers say instructive and helpful for my business? I told to her" How brilliant I am ! Because I never listen to what teachers say."
There are statues of me in any Japanese elementary schools. This means" You shall not listen to what teachers say."
Of course this story is FICTION.But it is true that there are statues of ninomiya sontoku in every Japanese elementary schools.(actually about 55%)

Antihumanism.

(photo;Nikko in japan (not Nikon )famouse monkeys "mizaru iwazaru kikazaru")
(I have to explain above image to you. What on earth do monkeys do? Depending on the authority,they insist on" We three monkeys never look at ,speak of and listen to evil things like what humans do.")

Why modern philosopher is opposed to humanism? Much as Nietzche proclaimed the death of God in the nineteenth century, antihumanism proclaimed the death of "man" in the twentieth.
(wikipedia -Antihumanism)
I can't understand this at all. So I thougt as follows.
Antihumanism means " I hate a man."
Heidegger said "So I had withdrawn in the forest for a long time."
Fleud said"I innovated new business for a doctor."
Saussre said "After all , Same feather flock together."
Foucault said" Especially I hate a fool. Because he mocked my bald head."
Levi Strauss said "Many Indian girls wanted to marry with me. I wouldn't GO BACK EUROPE."

俺の話を聞け。 Achtung！ Listen to me.

　　　
たわけもの！少しは俺の話を聞いたらどうだ。
　オトーチャンもオカーチャンも心配しているぞ。俺もとうとう粘土になっちまった。
　　　　
You fool! You should listen to me little more.
Your father and mother are anxious about you.
I have become clay at last too.

スリランカ人と私 A Sri lankan and I

　 もう随分前の事になったが、仕事先（工事現場）にたまたまスリランカ人がいた。寂しそうに一人でカレーを食べていたので、”Can you speak English" と話しかけたところ、"Yes,Yes."と答えてきた。誰も言葉がわからないらしかった。
　私は散々彼の母国の話を聞かされる羽目になった。スリランカ内戦はそのとき初めて知った。
タミルの虎は降伏した。　タミルの虎の首領の両親が健在だと言うニュースに驚いた。


More than ten years ago, when I went to one construction site by my work(of course in japan), I met Sri lankan there.
He was eating curry alone. So I talk to him "Can you speak English" . He replied "Yes,Yes". Nobody could understand his English.
I had to listen to much of his speaking about his land. I had never known Sri lankan war untill then.
Now Tamil Tiger surrender. The chief of Tamil Tiger has parents and they are in well. I am surprised by the news.
>>>>>>>BBC News

Digital camera for Negative film scanning 3

Photshop is standard imaging soft. But free soft is available.(photofiltre,etc)
Even they have Negativ to positive function, you can finish the work.
Well ,I get Nikon lens,( AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f2.8G IF-ED) sample photo >>>

Digital camera for Negative film scanning 2

Don't use tungsten lump. it's too hot. I use 40w fluorescent light always. Left images are example of set of tools.(minolta dimage 7 HI)(nikkor af 70-300mm junk)
Please make film holder and shut out light except film area. Various size tube help your work.
Aperture is from f4 to f6.7. let's try Shutter speed as you like. Auto expose will do. Under film holder, put large white plate and under that, put large size magnifying lens between white plate and flouorecent light.

Digital camera for Negative film scanning

This negative image was taken by compact digital camera(Canon IXY 900 IS)
　Close up lens and light source are indispensable.　It is important technique how to minimize a chromatic aberration.
　Magnifying glass for common using isn't suit for negative scanning.
So I use camera lens upside down (nikkor AF 50mm f1.8 ).This lens sells for cheap price.
Tele zoom 70-300mm can be used. IF the top lens can be removed, you can use it as a high performance close up lens. I recommend you to get and use junk one.
White balance is important too. I set tungsten bulb. Because negative film is covered with orange filter.

ニュースはごみの山 News is troubled with throwing away.

(This is original negative .I got it few days ago. early 70's The Niagara falls)Without film scanner, I will teach how to scan negative and change it to positive.

An amount of information is diminishing everyday, because news become cliche refrain. I can't make distinguish Fox from NBC. Monotonous refrain is just as if sutra. Capacty is limited. No problem,so it is. I have only 128MB in my brain. Simple is good for me . Anything is classificated into junk or not. Most of news are junk. NO PROBLEM

哲学は何の役にも立ちません・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ philosophy is nothing

（コゲラ　japanese pygmy ｗoodpecker　nikon d70 nikoor 300mｍ）

　哲学はついに哲学それ自体無意味であることを発見した。つまり哲学は自殺してしまったのだ。哲学の目的が真理の探求にあるのなら、いくら勉強しても無駄なのだ。
　哲学よりも偏見を持ちたいものだ。盲信的な偏見だけが真理ヘ通じる道なのだ。

Philosophy has revealed itself nonsense after all. Philosophy suicide itself. If a purpose of pilosophy is the search for truth, it's nothing. I recomend you to have a blind belief or prejudice. These are the only way to the truth. I am NOT ECCENTRIC.

(もず Shrike nikon d70)

フランス ギャル france gall

　フランスギャルの曲は、フランス語はまったく解らないので、本家フランス語版はほとんど聴いてはいませんが、Youtubeにドイツ語バージョンが出ているので語学学習で聴く事が日課のようになってしまいました。実にたわいもない曲を面白がって聴いてたものだと（ドイツでは大変なうけ方だったそうです。）改めて驚きます。(日本では、「夢見るシャンソン人形」でご存知の方も多いかと思います。）
　元々アイドル歌謡にはあまり興味はありませんが、この手の物がすでに、４０年以上もたっている事には、驚きを禁じえません。
　アイドル歌謡がもう歴史的考証を必要とする問題になりつつあるわけです。

　France gall in German
For learing Germany, how about france gall? She is not nativ speaker. but her songs are enjoyable. To study Germany, I listen to her Germany songs every day in the Youtube.
　To tell the truth, An idle popular music is No my taste . But I'm wonder why these music had been already listened to 40 years ago. However Now , it's not era of idle popular song. I think so.

マルセル モース Marcel Mauss ３ /////////// // gift and security interest贈与と担保

(左の図版は単なる参考資料です。Left image is only reference material.)


　契約のさい、担保にさしだす物に関する表現にはさまざまあるが、実にわかりにくい。（質権、抵当、担保、証文等）。
　英語となるともう訳がわからない。mortgage security bailment hypothec collateral pledge lien ......
しかもどの単語も多義的だ。 そのなかでも　pledge は実にさまざまに使われています。
マルセル　モースによると、ゲルマン部族は契約に抵当は不可欠な条件なのだそうだ。前契約段階では、贈与と抵当は実にそっくりだ。
　pledge は普通誓いを立てる時に使うそうだが、誓う事と担保を差し出す事が同じ言葉と言うのも面白い。　(日本の法律用語上では「抵当」と言えば、不動産に設定される担保をさします。）

How many terms are there about security interest!
Marcel Mauss thought that security interest was just as if gift too. Germanic tribe would need always security interest in any contract. Vowing something and offering possesory security are expressed by same word. It is
interesting.

マルセル モース Marcel Mauss ２ /////////// // gift and cntract 贈与と契約

（本テーマと写真は特に関係ありません大石内蔵助）
（This photo is nothing to do with title theme. )

日本人にはあまり馴染みが無いかもしれませんが、英米法の重要な考え方に、約因（considerration)の法理と言う概念があります。
　その有名な適用判例の一つに、嫁の側からの持参金つき婚姻予約はconsiderration にあたると言う裁判例があります。くわしい事は不明ですが、はやい話、「娘を貰ってくれたら１０万ドルやる。誰かよい男は居らんか」みたいな事です。この時１０万ドルと婚姻の間の対価性を、約因　considerration と言います。(もちろんこの例は商品等の売買とは違います。男を１０万ドルで買っているわけではありません。）
約束は守りなさいと言う時、この約因がある事が欠かせないとされます。また約因があれば口約束でも法的拘束力を持つ事になります。
　一方この１０万ドルは法律上は贈与にはあたりません。贈与それ自体には約因がないので約束を守らせる強制性がありません。
　ところで、マルセル　モースの贈与論の最後のほうで（有名なポトラッチやクラ交換だけでなく）ゲルマン部族の法について論じられています。（現代の英米法もゲルマン部族の慣習法の痕跡が残っているとされています。ちなみに現代ドイツ法は断絶しているそうです。）
　それによれば人を拘束する契約も、霊的な力を持った物の贈与に起源を持つとの事であり、ドイツ語のGiftが贈り物であると同時に毒を意味する民間伝承を，例として挙げています。
　日本の法律では、契約は当事者の意思の一致で成立するとされていますが、意思の一致が成立すること自体の条件は自明ではありません。それでも建前では、自分で決めた事だから、約束は守りなさいと言う訳だ。しかし主体の自由意志を契約行為の第一原因と考えるのは、ちょっと無理です。（就業の際の雇用契約など、自分で決めた訳でもないことに、さんざん振り回される事が多い事だと思います）
　それに比べて約因という概念は、契約の原因は不問ですから、魔術的贈与の効果として成立した契約でも構わない事になります。（とはいえ賄賂の贈与の効果で契約を結べば違法です）

マルセル モース Marcel Mauss

　　マルセル　モースの贈与論が、筑摩から出ていたので購入しました。それにしても９．１１（アメリカ同時多発テロ）以後、ほとんど本を読まない買わない状態が続いていましたので、これを機会に読書の再出発と行きたいところです。　　
　新古典派経済学の想定した労働価値説的功利主義的主体では、説明のつかない事で人々が動いているという事実について、ありふれてはいるがあまり論じられる事のないテーマのひとつが、「贈与」という問題であろう。（かって栗本慎一郎氏の得意ジャンルだった。）「贈与」は、「格差」よりも重要なテーマなのだ。　　　
　社会を形成する原動力を「贈与」に象徴されたtotal social fact に見る視点は現代文明のダイナミックスの根底を探る上でもヒントになるかも知れません。（日本人のブランド崇拝と贈答文化なんかは面白い考察対象かもしれません。ちなみに本書では、いわゆる未開人の習俗だけでなく、著作権や近代の社会主義的な政策の贈与論的根拠も若干考察されています。ところで、本論よりも注釈の方が分量が多いので、注釈の方は飛ばして後で暇つぶしに読もうかな。）

　” THE GIFT”　Marcel mauss
　An important notion in Mauss' conceptualisation of gift exchange is "inalienability". In a commodity economy there is a strong distinction between objects and persons through the notion of private property. Objects are sold, meaning that the ownership rights are fully transferred to the new owner. The object has thereby become "alienated" from its original owner. In a gift economy, however, the objects that are given are inalienated from the givers; they are "loaned rather than sold and ceded". It is the fact that the identity of the giver is invariably bound up with the object given that causes the gift to have a power which compels the recipient to reciprocate. Because gifts are inalienable they must be returned; the act of giving creates a gift-debt that has to be repaid. Gift exchange therefore leads to a mutual interdependence between giver and receiver. According to Mauss, the "free" gift that is not returned is a contradiction because it cannot create social ties. Following the Durkheimian quest for understanding social cohesion through the concept of soridarity, Mauss's argument is that solidarity is achieved through the social bonds created by gift exchange.　　（extraction from wikipedia)

///// Copyright is just as if a gift-debt. It's "inalienable".Commonly the use of copyright is restricted by the author . Copy want to turn back to original work . A　royalty can be thought as a reciprocal gift.Original must be superior to the copy.////This is my own idea on Marcel Mauss.