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@ nostalgia |nä?stalj?; n?-|
noun
a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations : I was overcome with acute nostalgia for my days in college.
• the evocation of these feelings or tendencies, esp. in commercialized form : an evening of TV nostalgia.
DERIVATIVES
nostalgist |-jist| noun
ORIGIN late 18th cent.(in the sense [acute homesickness] ): modern Latin (translating German Heimweh ‘homesickness’ ), from Greek nostos ‘return home’ + algos ‘pain.’

nostalgic
adjective
music that evokes nostalgic memories of our youth wistful, evocative, romantic, sentimental; dewy-eyed, misty-eyed, maudlin; homesick.

Nostalgia
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For other uses, see Nostalgia (disambiguation).
For the use of the term Nostalgia on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Nostalgia.


The term nostalgia describes a longing for the past, often in idealized form.[1] The word is a learned formation of a Greek compound, consisting of νόστος, nóstos, "returning home", a Homeric word, and ?λγος, álgos, "pain" or "ache". It was described as a medical condition, a form of melancholy, in the Early Modern period, and came to be an important topic in Romanticism.[1]
In common, less clinical usage, nostalgia includes a general interest in past eras and their personalities and events, especially the "good old days" of a few generations back recast in an idyllic light, such as the Belle Époque, Merry England, Neo-Victorian aesthetics, the US "Antebellum" Old South, etc. Sometimes it is brought on by a sudden image, or remembrance of something from one's childhood.[1]

Antebellum period
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The Boston Manufacturing Company was organized in 1813 by Francis Cabot Lowell, a wealthy Boston merchant, in partnership a group of investors known as The Boston Associates, for the manufacture of cotton textiles.[1]
The antebellum period (from the Latin ante, "before," and bellum, "war") was the time period in America from after the birth of the United States to the start of the American Civil War.[2] The Antebellum Age was a time of great transition because of the industrial revolution in America. It also was a time of growth in slavery in the American South. It was a phase in American history when America spread towards the west coast which among historians is generally referred to as "Westward Expansion".
This article is about the geographic region. For the orange juice brand, see Old South (orange juice).


Regional definitions vary from source to source. The states shown in dark red are usually included, though their modern boundaries differ from the boundaries of the Thirteen Colonies.
Geographically, Old South is a subregion of the American South, differentiated from the "Deep South" as being the Southern States represented in the original thirteen American colonies, as well as a way of describing the former lifestyle in the Southern United States. Culturally, the term can be used to describe the antebellum period.[1]

Title: Spring House,

36"x48"x1.5" Cotton Canvas Oil .

Janu,30.2006

Title: Block island west .

11"x14"x1.5"Cotton Canvas, Oil

July, 2006.

Title: A pond

40"x30"x1.5" Cotton Canvas, Oil

July, 2006.

Title: Lighthouset .

11"x14"x1.5" Cotton Canvas, Oil

July, 2006.

Title: Crescent Beach .

11"x14"x1.5" Cotton Canvas, Oil

July, 2006.

What family stories/personal experiences affected you most profoundly?
When my father took me to the working studio of the famous potter Kakiemon. 
I saw the world of a centuries old family of artisans continuing throughout history into the present. I was in awe to see what I had only seen in books was actually a reality. I was in awe with reverence and respect for his work.  It opened my eyes to a different world.

How has your culture of origin influenced your artwork?
Japanese culture reveres nature and beauty.  Also discipline and balance. 
Life requires harmony to maintain peace and order.  There exists the antithesis.  Nature is chaotic,  but its forces balance each other.In Japanese art- Ukiyo-e, Yamato-e, calligraphy,  this expresses itself in asymmetry,  balancing form,  mass,  color.  There is tension,  and then there is balance.  Studying Calligraphy, Japanese brush painting,gave me love for the sensory experience of my hand using brush to apply ink to
paper,  taught me control of the brush,  and how to make the strokes express ideas and emotions.

Have there been any dramatic events in your life that have changed/shaped your art?
The recent death of a family member taught me that life is short and precious.  The experience propelled me to express the soul and life-force in my painting.

What was the hardest point in your artistic journey?
Opening the door.  Overcoming my fears.  Having the courage to leave the commercial world,  and live my dream to exist as an artist.  Opening the door,  going through it, to enter my journey and look for my road.

What was the most gratifying experience for you as an artist?
Having the opportunity to have my first gallery show afforded to me by Agora Gallery.

What would you like your art to accomplish?
To be able to express myself,  to share and communicate my vision with other people.

What do you believe makes your art stand out in the art world?
Passion for painting.  The ability to express human experience, emotions,
and dreams in pictorial format.

Artist Reviews

Photo Album at Agora Gallery
Chelsea Reception - February 22, 200