Farewell To The Disks
(Mid. 2010s)
In the mid-2010s, I sold most of my vinyl records and CDs to a second-hand record store.
Half of the reason I sold them was for money. I escaped the direct damage of the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, but the earthquake had a huge impact on my work and caused financial damage.
And one more thing: the earthquake made me realize just how fleeting material things are, and it made me reexamine my own life.
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Wow. These images feel emotional to me in several different ways. I feel so nostalgic when I see my old tapes and records. But I agree so much that material things are not the point of living. Thank you for these reminders.
I sold my record collection a few years ago because I couldn't bring it with me in Japan (I don't even have a proper stereo system now). However, I managed to bring lots of cassette tapes. I still have them, and they don't sound half bad.