#３Pointe shoe painter Ree【Interview】

I began to think about it at some point.  Of course at first I was thinking about nothing.

I was helped by many people.  I negotiated somehow.  “I need your help!”

 

 

I didn’t know how I should do as an artist.  I managed to make money only with passion.

 

There was a way to save money by myself but I couldn’t wait for it.  If I was in the early twenties, I would do that.  However I have already passed 25 years old.

 

People who showing themselves are so fatal as they get older.  If I become a middle age, nobody is looking at me.  haha.

 

I have to hurry.  I have to manage in a hurry.

I said to them “I am paying when I get promoted”  Many people helped me. However, such a thing will not continue for a long time.

 

That’s why I started thinking about the business 2 years ago.

Yeah!  I could have confident as my technique was established.  I felt that I can earn and eat with Pointe shoe painting.

 

I was really doing my performance only with passion and emotion.  I had to think about business firmly as well.

Right.

 

I often went to a business seminar last year.

I went to various bigger business event where people called self-employed joined.

 

I could study business but… it is difficult.

 

I did it too much.  To tell the truth, the flame of my passion is getting weak.  Last year, My flame was about a candle.

“Ohh it is disappearing soon.”  I am doing my best not to absolutely disappear.  Since this year, my flame changed low fire from a candle.  It is reviving little by little.

 

It is hard to balance the budget.  I thought that the artist should not think about it.  Some artist can do it skillfully.

 

Such artists are selling well.  Or they have a good manager.

 

I am running at full speed only with emotion.  It is difficult for a type like me to balance the budget by myself.

It is completely different.

Sure. I am there now.

This year, I am trying not to be too conscious about the budget balance.

 

And I want to contribute to society.  Because I was doing as I like, I want to do something useful for the people.

 

It might be an effect of business seminar, but a work is to do what people want to be helped, isn’t it?

Hahaha.  Next time, I am doing a workshop at a charity event.  But the price is going down a lot.  It costs 1500 yen for participants.

Half of cost is going to charity.  So materials should be prepared within 750 yen.

 

I was told that it can be a container like paper cup, not a glass single-flower vase.  But I’m looking for a better item.

 

Oh, that’s fine, isn’t it? (She points on the table.)

Yeah. I thought it is good now.

 

It is looking beautiful with color.

Thank you so much!!

 

So in a social contribution, it is a little difficult to earn as an artist.  So I have a plan to work at Bunkamura again.

Yes.  For studying pictures and getting regular income.

 

This year, I would like to make a work from the bottom of my heart while balancing the budget in my art activities.

Yesterday, I was told that even 5000 yen is possible.

 

If I can do that, I can be a businessman.  That looks difficult.

It also becomes my promotion.

 

But today was fun.  A really interesting person whose sensitivity is so rich came.  Everyone was concentrated.

It was the first time that I watched them for such a long time.  There are a lot of cases that I support.

 

Usually it is finished about 10-15 minutes.  I wondered how long everyone continue today.

 

I didn’t know how long I should watch them.  I didn’t know the end.  They really got absorbed from the bottom of their heart.

It was amazing.

This is pretty difficult.

Yeah really.

Oh I see.

 

I am really working now.  But the situation don’t change easily.

 

Until now, I was doing by myself.  So I changed inside of me, and outside changed immediately.

 

However this time, I am a place where many people involve.  It should be hard to get results immediately.  It’s natural.

Yeah!  I joined!  It was SOREL.

I really practiced this.  I have never danced with wearing sneakers.

Yes. I thought a lot.

 

Hip hop is the best match for sneakers.  Because there are many motion that stepping on the ground with the foot.

 

I wonder there was 1 month to the event.  I had to dance by my own way with a smug look.

 

I used a lot of paint.  Too much material cost surprised a manager.  haha.