Gacktblog 2010/05/25
I'm not going to say that I'm taking over from uranus_sama or anything, since I don't quite know if I'm up to that on top of all my schoolwork, but I'll do a few and see how it goes.
FORDEAR
Since the website maintenance is over, I'm updating this for the first time in a while.
While my body aches, I've been working on Nemuri Kyoshiro again today from 6am.
I'm working with this pain every day to the point where I strangely start to wonder how long the samurai from back then would have lived their life with pain as a companion.
Ahahaha, there's nothing to do but laugh at it.
Well, since it's special training rather than the usual it probably can't be helped.
Even so…
When the pain gets so bad I can't sleep
I've gone weird enough to seriously think about things like if I should hire a masseuse
Since the first day when it opened without problems
the play has been changing every day.
When I was told by someone related to the play "In the world of stage acting, it's like it's okay once it opens on the first day", I seriously lost it.
If that's so, it's like the play slowly burns out.
Or should I say, I think it's the same in everything, even in other areas of business, and in other stage performances.
But it's from thinking about how to make the people who come to watch more excited and thrilled that you can get new ideas, so that's what you need to pursue.
It's the same in any business.
For example, if a restaurant doesn't improve from when it opens, and just keeps the same menu
no matter how delicious it is, repeat customers will get used to the taste and stop going there.
People get used to things.
Therefore, if we call if flavor, I take a trial and error approach by subtly changing the menu.
If you're talking about a restaurant's atmosphere, if you're changing it little by little, there's periods of time when you have to make large scale changes.
If you neglect that, before you know it all the customers will be gone, this happens a lot.
Once that happens, it's too late no matter what you do.
The biggest point of difficulty is that those people who've lost the desire to advance don't realise that what they're creating, be it flavor or otherwise, is declining.
This happened the day before yesterday during the launch.
One of the actor's veteran sword fighting coaches said this to me.
"The truth is, at first, I wondered why you were practicing the sword fighting over and over again like that every single day, and why there were little changes showing.
Honestly, every time something changed, I was like 'What?? Again??'
But in doing it every day,
you're just thinking of improving the specific parts.
You can recognise too, that by changing that, it becomes a better work.
A long time ago I believed in doing stage performances that way too,
but somehow at some point I've gone rotten.
Every time I was told a play was something that "Once it opens on the first day, it's okay".
This time, I think you've given me back something very important, an important feeling.
Now, before GACKT-san tells me to, I'm thinking of how to improve it. Every day. Ahahaha."
From the bottom of my heart, I want to connect seriously with each and every one of my colleagues on the stage.
I want to send out something even better.
This feeling is the same no matter what kind of work I'm sending out.
Of course, there's various customs, so I'm compelled by those.
I think if we can't tie the feelings of the play to the result, it's meaningless
and that, now, this moment is for the sake of chasing the result.
I've been told by Yokouchi-san, who plays Bizenya
"Because it's you, GACKT-chan, everyone follows along
More than anyone else, you go over the play again and again to check it, and think about it more than anyone else.
More than any director. You inspire everyone with your enthusiasm and passion."
I'm really thankful to hear those words.
I'm truly grateful that a supportive friend is here with me.
Like it's a saying, whenever he speaks he prefaces it with
"I'm not Ogata Ken, but…"
always thinking about me and the play.
I'm really overflowing with a gratitude I can't express in words.
I feel like that there is someone here just like my father was to me.
I'm really grateful for it.
That there are people here too that will support me.
Well, I've arrived at the venue.
In order to give the best show once again today,
here goes Nemuri Kyoshiro
GACKT
Also, Nemuri Kimonos!
Yeah, they're out of my price range too, but such are designer kimonos *sigh*. They only have the yukatas up at the moment, and it's about 71400yen for a set with all the accessories (probably $750-800). The real kimonos, once they get them up are most certainly going to be in the thousands of dollars.
But, if I can dream for a moment, I'd like these:
Rosefull (Dark Purple)
Gentian (Lapis Blue) ("rindou"/"gentian" is the flower Gackt is carrying in the play)
Nightmare (Raven Black)
The other two designs are called Coat of Arms (example in jet black), and Flowershade (example in white porcelain)
EDIT: And now I read they're only good for people between 155-165cm tall anyway, baaaaawwwww.
EDIT2: Here's my interpretation of the 2010/05/14 blog
FORDEAR
Finally, we're opening the curtains.
As always, there's been no end to the injuries, but perhaps even this is necessary.
I can feel a good sense of tension from everyone.
"To reach everyone emotionally to the utmost"
That's the FIRST PRIORITY.
Anyway, we've become a good team.
The veteran's energy pulls the young ones along.
The young ones give the veterans a push.
Everyone communicates looking each other straight in the eyes.
There's nothing that feels this good.
In recent times, when there are a lot of people who can't make eye contact when they talk,
everyone on this team talks looking straight at each other.
With colleagues this wonderful gathered here
there's no way this could not go well.
What's left is the question of how on time we'll be.
Everyone's worked through the night, but it's for dear life.
I feel happy and grateful to be in the middle of a work I can present myself
with no limits of how much I can reach people emotionally.
I don't know to what extent I can push people forward,
but there are surely those who will take something emotionally from it.
I can see it.
We~ellll
It's time for the real show.
I'm off.
GACKT
FORDEAR
Since the website maintenance is over, I'm updating this for the first time in a while.
While my body aches, I've been working on Nemuri Kyoshiro again today from 6am.
I'm working with this pain every day to the point where I strangely start to wonder how long the samurai from back then would have lived their life with pain as a companion.
Ahahaha, there's nothing to do but laugh at it.
Well, since it's special training rather than the usual it probably can't be helped.
Even so…
When the pain gets so bad I can't sleep
I've gone weird enough to seriously think about things like if I should hire a masseuse
Since the first day when it opened without problems
the play has been changing every day.
When I was told by someone related to the play "In the world of stage acting, it's like it's okay once it opens on the first day", I seriously lost it.
If that's so, it's like the play slowly burns out.
Or should I say, I think it's the same in everything, even in other areas of business, and in other stage performances.
But it's from thinking about how to make the people who come to watch more excited and thrilled that you can get new ideas, so that's what you need to pursue.
It's the same in any business.
For example, if a restaurant doesn't improve from when it opens, and just keeps the same menu
no matter how delicious it is, repeat customers will get used to the taste and stop going there.
People get used to things.
Therefore, if we call if flavor, I take a trial and error approach by subtly changing the menu.
If you're talking about a restaurant's atmosphere, if you're changing it little by little, there's periods of time when you have to make large scale changes.
If you neglect that, before you know it all the customers will be gone, this happens a lot.
Once that happens, it's too late no matter what you do.
The biggest point of difficulty is that those people who've lost the desire to advance don't realise that what they're creating, be it flavor or otherwise, is declining.
This happened the day before yesterday during the launch.
One of the actor's veteran sword fighting coaches said this to me.
"The truth is, at first, I wondered why you were practicing the sword fighting over and over again like that every single day, and why there were little changes showing.
Honestly, every time something changed, I was like 'What?? Again??'
But in doing it every day,
you're just thinking of improving the specific parts.
You can recognise too, that by changing that, it becomes a better work.
A long time ago I believed in doing stage performances that way too,
but somehow at some point I've gone rotten.
Every time I was told a play was something that "Once it opens on the first day, it's okay".
This time, I think you've given me back something very important, an important feeling.
Now, before GACKT-san tells me to, I'm thinking of how to improve it. Every day. Ahahaha."
From the bottom of my heart, I want to connect seriously with each and every one of my colleagues on the stage.
I want to send out something even better.
This feeling is the same no matter what kind of work I'm sending out.
Of course, there's various customs, so I'm compelled by those.
I think if we can't tie the feelings of the play to the result, it's meaningless
and that, now, this moment is for the sake of chasing the result.
I've been told by Yokouchi-san, who plays Bizenya
"Because it's you, GACKT-chan, everyone follows along
More than anyone else, you go over the play again and again to check it, and think about it more than anyone else.
More than any director. You inspire everyone with your enthusiasm and passion."
I'm really thankful to hear those words.
I'm truly grateful that a supportive friend is here with me.
Like it's a saying, whenever he speaks he prefaces it with
"I'm not Ogata Ken, but…"
always thinking about me and the play.
I'm really overflowing with a gratitude I can't express in words.
I feel like that there is someone here just like my father was to me.
I'm really grateful for it.
That there are people here too that will support me.
Well, I've arrived at the venue.
In order to give the best show once again today,
here goes Nemuri Kyoshiro
GACKT
Also, Nemuri Kimonos!
Yeah, they're out of my price range too, but such are designer kimonos *sigh*. They only have the yukatas up at the moment, and it's about 71400yen for a set with all the accessories (probably $750-800). The real kimonos, once they get them up are most certainly going to be in the thousands of dollars.
But, if I can dream for a moment, I'd like these:
Rosefull (Dark Purple)
Gentian (Lapis Blue) ("rindou"/"gentian" is the flower Gackt is carrying in the play)
Nightmare (Raven Black)
The other two designs are called Coat of Arms (example in jet black), and Flowershade (example in white porcelain)
EDIT: And now I read they're only good for people between 155-165cm tall anyway, baaaaawwwww.
EDIT2: Here's my interpretation of the 2010/05/14 blog
FORDEAR
Finally, we're opening the curtains.
As always, there's been no end to the injuries, but perhaps even this is necessary.
I can feel a good sense of tension from everyone.
"To reach everyone emotionally to the utmost"
That's the FIRST PRIORITY.
Anyway, we've become a good team.
The veteran's energy pulls the young ones along.
The young ones give the veterans a push.
Everyone communicates looking each other straight in the eyes.
There's nothing that feels this good.
In recent times, when there are a lot of people who can't make eye contact when they talk,
everyone on this team talks looking straight at each other.
With colleagues this wonderful gathered here
there's no way this could not go well.
What's left is the question of how on time we'll be.
Everyone's worked through the night, but it's for dear life.
I feel happy and grateful to be in the middle of a work I can present myself
with no limits of how much I can reach people emotionally.
I don't know to what extent I can push people forward,
but there are surely those who will take something emotionally from it.
I can see it.
We~ellll
It's time for the real show.
I'm off.
GACKT