So I guess I consider this my first official post in my blog, which I DO plan on updating frequently, despite the fact that I suck at keeping in touch. Now that I have this site, though, I suppose I'm gonna have to or I'll feel really guilty. Anyway, for a while now I have used the pen name "Kessaku-san" along with my real name, Emi Nakamura, whenever I copyright my artwork/images and for other online accounts. I never did explain what it means or why I chose it though. "Kessaku" is a Japanese Element of Design, which you can read about  H E R E    if you want.

"Creating Masterpieces" with the notion that "doing good enough to get by is not good enough" is what the concept of Kessaku (pronounced kess-ah-koo) entails, not only with art but with life; to me it means refusing to be content and instead needing to achieve the highest form of satisfaction. This is always how I am especially when it comes to art, so "Kessaku-san" is how I wish to be known. Simple. The other main reason I would rather be known by a pen name is because, for some strange reason, there seems to be a gajillion other "Emi Nakamura's" and artists named Emi swarming the internet. I've never even met anyone with my name for goodness sake. Google has no mercy on me apparently.

Anyway, I wanna let you know too, that philosophical ideas––namely Hirameki and Synchronicity––play a huge role in my life and my art, so I will be blogging about them in the future, who knows when. They'll be more meaningful and less boring than this, though. I promise! I hope it will inspire you as much as it has inspired me!

-Kessaku-san