Ep 322: Our Truckin’ Book – Art for and by Us.

Bookmaking I finished Our Truckin’ Book which is an art book I’m hoping artists will finish. It is 100 pages, A5 in size (half of A4), and blank, of course, for artists to fill up as they wish. Hopefully. For Our Truckin’ Book to be completed, I need at least one artist’s physical mail address so I can send them a physical ie real book. The artist will send the book to the next artist and hopefully someday Our Truckin’ Book will be completed. Looking forward to that day. Also in bookmaking, I finished Benengeli’s Zuihitsu and printed out two copies. One copy is A6 and 145 pages while the other copy is A5 and 80 pages. (A5 being bigger than A6, naturally). The A5 Zuihitsu will be available soon while the A6 will be electronically available just as soon, although it will also be a real book. Fiction I finished Benengeli’s Zuihitsu. It has many topics from a recipe for bread, to a murder mystery, to the beginnings of dementia for a cellist, to rants about politics not related to anything going on in the US, to one haiku. Such is the definition of zuihitsu. By the way, as you might know, Cide Hamete Benengeli is the fictional Arabic historian who, according to Cervantes, wrote Don Quixote. In other fiction, The Lonely Izakaya Down a Quiet Street is progressing smoothly with a major change or two. First, the male character is getting more screen time. His thoughts about life and death will enter into the narrative; previously, only the female character’s thoughts were being explored. Second, the name might be changed. The current title looks too much to me to be something called a "light" novel in Japan which British and American publishers call a "young adult" novel. I might change to Sakaba which means a bar mostly with saké. The Talkies TDGB 78 Our Truckin’ Book is up at YouTube for your audio and visual pleasure. Learn about contributing to Our Truckin’ Book and about what Kanazawa people (Kanazawans?) call Marubi.