Living in the material world

From the Wikipedia article on George Harrison:

In a complaint later brought on behalf of Harrison's estate, it was alleged that while under the care of Staten Island University Hospital [where he was undergoing radiotherapy for lung cancer], Dr Gilbert Lederman, a radiation oncologist, repeatedly revealed Harrison's confidential medical information during television interviews and forced him to autograph a guitar. The complaint alleged that Lederman and his family came to visit Harrison and began singing, and that, in laboured breaths, Harrison said, "Please stop talking." Later, Lederman allegedly had his son play the guitar for Harrison. The complaint alleged that after the performance, Lederman asked Harrison for an autograph on the guitar, and that Harrison responded, "I do not even know if I know how to sign my name any more." Lederman then allegedly took Harrison's hand and guided his hand along to spell his name while encouraging him by saying, "Come on, George. You can do this. G-E-O...". The suit was ultimately settled out of court under the condition that the guitar be "disposed of".

Jazz musician plays burning piano

Japanese artist continues testing own plane

Hachiya Kazuhiko's plane, which was unpowered when I blogged about it late last year, now has a jet engine! This recent video shows him doing some taxiing.



Distance walked since last post: 3km
Total distance walked since Koshu Kaido training began: 104.9km
Days left until departure: 60

Chinese artist gets tattoo of long march route on his back

Talk about suffering for your art! I first came across this photo back in 2007 when my Nakasendo walking buddy Erik and I were discussing ideas for making art to coincide with our walk. You can read about the artist, Qin Ga, here.

Japanese artist builds, test flies own plane