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HOME<\/a> \/ PRACTICE<\/a> \/Lifeen<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Life<\/h1><\/div>

We did not begin with the skills needed to build stage mechanisms or the knowledge to repair broken machines. We learned how to prepare fish from people on the island and gradually picked up farming skills by working alongside others in the rice fields. When we encounter something unfamiliar, we research it, experiment, and sometimes ask others for help.<\/p>\n

Some things only become clear once we start working, and there are days when an immediate task takes priority over the work we had planned to make. Skills learned in one place can prove useful somewhere entirely unexpected. Living on an island where the things we need are not always readily available, we learn by doing and carry what we learn into the next task, whether in everyday life or in our artistic practice.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Life<\/h1><\/div>

We did not begin with the skills needed to build stage mechanisms or the knowledge to repair broken machines. We learned how to prepare fish from people on the island and gradually picked up farming skills by working alongside others in the rice fields. When we encounter something unfamiliar, we research it, experiment, and sometimes ask others for help.<\/p>\n

Some things only become clear once we start working, and there are days when an immediate task takes priority over the work we had planned to make. Skills learned in one place can prove useful somewhere entirely unexpected. Living on an island where the things we need are not always readily available, we learn by doing and carry what we learn into the next task, whether in everyday life or in our artistic practice.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

00 \/ INTRO<\/p>\n

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Making Changes to Everyday Life<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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00 \/ INTRO<\/p>\n

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Making Changes to Everyday Life<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Vegetable garden<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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home sauna<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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fixing machine<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Emi's art class<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

01 \/ PRIORITY<\/p>\n

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Deciding What Takes Priority<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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As rice-planting season approached, I took over the work of puddling the rice field from a friend who had started at 5 a.m. before going to work. Another friend joined us, and we finished that day what we had planned to complete by the weekend. In the afternoon, I turned to the concrete work behind the theater, but with little energy left, I stopped after making only a little progress.<\/p>\n

I had planned to build a chicken coop with Minagu during the summer holidays, but the heat made outdoor work difficult, and our residency in Toyama was approaching. We postponed the project until after the holidays. Once we returned to the island, children who came over to play after school joined us as we resumed construction, carrying posts and attaching wire mesh.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>