早上八点睁开眼，开了一整晚的空调有点呼哧呼哧了。素色的窗帘外面，今天的太阳异常嚣张。37.8度，让我心悸的上海的夏天。

仍然有点小小的高兴，因为昨天在amazon.com上发现奈良美智Lullaby supermarket加上运费都要比国内的便宜100块左右，决定买下来了。虽然预估运达日期在8/14-9/18之间，但是翘首等待大概会给这个夏天增加一点美滋滋的凉意。等他从美国到上海的时候，夏天中最恐怖的日子应该就快到头了吧

At first sight, the childlike figures for which Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara is now famous seem altogether cute and appealing. On closer examination his creations are robust, angry, and vulnerable creatures, standing up defiantly to the world of adults--self-confident, stubborn, and sometimes violent. Nara's work is influenced by Japanese comic books but he is unique in the contemporary art scene for tapping into horror through the medium of the innocent child--this is particularly poignant in Japan's controlled society of rigid language and social structures, especially considering recent shockingly violent crimes in Japan involving children as the aggressors. Nara's work instills the viewer with a juxtaposition of the innocence of children and the evil nature of humanity, or the fall from grace. Like Kurt Cobain's music, Nara's Pop art, too, aims to lend expression to his generation's concerns, encouraging it to meet the constraints of high achievement. Self-determination, individuality, and freedom are themes that infuse Nara's voice that is clearly heard in Japan and America, where the dividing line between "low" and "high" culture is less stringently drawn than in Europe.