Girl from Okinawa

St. Armand cold press , medium
February/March 2004

A portrait of Megumi Ishigaki

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16th (Monday)
Charming girl at the bakery,
Robson Market, from Okinawa

17th (Tuesday)
Instead of a hat, Myle brings
a dusty doll in a red Chinese
dress, trimmed in gold, with
a hat. Girl from Okinawa is
Megumi

19th (Thursday)
Megumi wrote some Japanese on
the 'seahorse' & then took a
photograph. Showed me some
postcards from Okinawa

23rd (Monday)
Amber on her favourite subject
at school. 'Art. It's the
easiest 'cause you don't have
to think.' Showed Megumi the
photo from Saturna

24th (Tuesday)
Took photos of Megumi for the
portrait. Idea for a pastel
with Shakespeare & a brand
name mattress

25th (Wednesday)   [Girl
from Okinawa]
Search for hats, Vietnamese for
Myle, Spanish for Melinda

26th (Thursday)   [Girl
from Okinawa]
Watching 'Shanghia Triad' very
early this morning

27th (Friday)   [Girl
from Okinawa]
'Salmon girl' at London Drugs,
her name is Lidi. Charming
face on a very rainy morning

28th (Saturday)   [Girl
from Okinawa]
Moved a closet-full of Audrey's
stuff in a shopping cart to
Tower II. Talked to Holly first
time this year, hair now red, &
a small framed picture of her
new dog Charles

29th (Sunday)   [Girl
from Okinawa]
Chinese movie, 'Red Firecracker,
Green Firecracker' this evening

March
1st (Monday)   [Girl
from Okinawa]
Heather telling me, as we
walked along Drake, that
she's learning Latin. Susan
called telling me Toni
Onley died in a plane crash

2nd (Tuesday)   [Girl
from Okinawa]
Long talk with Megumi, who
told me she worked in one of
the two large dept stores in
Naha

3rd (Wednesday)   [Girl
from Okinawa]
Received two Origamis from
Megumi, that she's made
herself. Cold, gusty, rainy

4th (Thursday)   [Girl
from Okinawa]
Clear, cool, reading D'Estes
bio of Eisenhower, at Robson
Market

5th (Friday)   [Girl
from Okinawa]
Girl from Osaka says 'Hi!' as
I'm absorbed reading the bio
Tea & soup with Myle at White
Spot. Her hair was coloured
black, & she was looking very
beautiful today

6th (Saturday)   [Girl
from Okinawa]
After 30 years finally saw
'Last Tango in Paris', while
outside it was raining
heavily

7th (Sunday)   [Girl
from Okinawa]
'Jo Dou' late this evening

8th (Monday)
Showing Megumi the portrait
upstairs at Robson Market
this evening. Bad incident
tonight at the downtown arena