Looking back, it all started with your blog in 2007, and now you continue to share photos and words on Instagram. I imagine it takes quite a bit of effort. What is your intent behind sharing and leaving a record of these?

I’m just doing it because I want to (laughs). But if I had to give a reason, I’d liken it to having a backup hard drive outside of myself. I guess you could call it a diary or a time machine. I didn’t know all that much about how the Internet worked back when I was doing my blog, but something about how information was back then felt weak or ephemeral, you know? So maybe I had a sense of urgency, like I had this panicked feeling that if I didn’t make a record of these things myself at the time, it would be like they never happened. On the contrary, I don’t feel that way as much anymore. With platforms like Instagram where everyone is constantly posting, I don’t have that same sense of urgency. Now, it feels more like I’m expressing myself when something in my daily life moves me, rather than just reporting on my activities. I think that sharing moments that really resonate with me might connect with others more than straightforward promotion. It’s really difficult to put what I’ve done into words, so while I can convey it somewhat, I’m always looking for a closer way to express it. With these records, even just as little points, maybe when I look back at things later it’ll turn out that they all lined up into some kind of message. Everyone’s timing and timeline is different, after all.