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Day1: Artist-in-Residence to start in Finland

I join my first artist in residence programme in Finland in November. I’ll write a diary about what was the most impressive thing every day for a month.

On the way to the residence in quite a remote place in east Finland, I took a couch from Helsinki to Savonlinna sitting next to a woman from the U.S. We just chatted about where we came from, what we do and so on.

After a while, we started to talk about our home countries Japan and U.S. She told me that Trump’s administration has widened the gap between the wealthy and the poor. She thinks to move out of the country to Canada because her life in the U.S. has become worse and more uncomfortable.

The basic desire of humans might be the same; a desire to live a safe and comfortable life. People escape their home country because of a war or a conflict, or seeking a richer life or whatever. I would say the common thing is that we seek a peaceful life.

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