MUSICIAN. ARTIST. GARDENER.
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JOURNAL

MICHAEL MUSIKA'S CHRONOLOGICAL DOCUMENTATION OF CREATION THROUGH WRITING, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND PERFORMANCE ON VIDEO.

JOURNAL

EVERY TIME WE MAKE A WORK OF ART WE PUT A DOCUMENT OF IT HERE IN THIS JOURNAL FOR A JAPANESE DOCUMENTARIAN FILM MAKER SO THEY CAN MAKE A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THIS ARTIST IN THIS WEBSITE BECAUSE THEN WE CAN GO TO JAPAN, HOPEFULLY NOT SO LATE IN LIFE THAT IS A CRUEL IRONY.  MOST PEOPLE BESIDES JAPANESE PEOPLE EVER GET TO GO TO JAPAN. WE UNDERSTAND, BUT WE GENUINELY WANT TO GO TO SEE THE COUNTRY AND OUR FRIEND NOBU.


 

APRIL 19, 2022 // MUSICIAN, PIANO, + SUNLIGHT

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

SELF PORTRAIT, IN STUDIO // Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM ISO 100 24 mm 0 ev ƒ/5.6 1/60 s

A musician takes a self portrait to document the process of resetting the studio, and to practice learning how to use a camera. The afternoon light on the west side of San Francisco shines from above the ocean into the window. The gothic looking piano in the background was made in 1892 and smells like an old saloon.