I read the interview of Japanese famous Comic artist, Mari Yamazaki on the website, HOBO NIKKAN ITOI SHINBUN several days ago. I read her Comic, ”Thermae Romae” this February because my friend lent it to me, but I didn’t know any details about her life. I was impressed by her biography that I couldn’t imagine it.
When she was 17, she started to learn art history and oil painting in the National Art School of Florence Academy in Italy. She fell in love with a poet and they started living together when she was 18. They were young artists, thus they were severely impoverished. The poet didn’t (1-1)run up big expenses, but had difficult to earn enough to cover their daily expenses. Their apartment would always either have the gas, water or electricity cut. She had (2)run up against this miserable situation for 11 years and she stuck by him so she could enjoy their artistic life and culture. However, after she became pregnant, she stopped (4)building bridges between the poet and her life. The reason was the changing of her priority which was the need to protect her baby.
She wanted to become success oil painter, but she (3)scaled back her dream to become a comic artist instead after she came back in Japan. She said that she just tried whether she could adjust herself to Japanese society or not. She became a comic artist in 1997 in Japan. Her strategy was successful because her comic won a famous prize in 2010. She was 51 years old at the time of this interview. Her experience is powerful, and her message is positive. “Don’t be afraid of your failure! It’s not your debt! It’s your property. It increases your value.”
Before the Revision
Title: Failure is a Property.
I read the interview of Japanese famous Comic artist, Mari Yamazaki on the website, HOBO NIKKAN ITOI SHINBUN several days ago. I read her Comic, ”Thermae Romae” in this February because my friend lent it me, but I didn’t know her life details. Her biography was impressive for me what I couldn’t imagine it.
When she was 17, she started to learn art history and oil painting in National art school of Florence academy in Italy. She fell in love with a poet and lived together in 18.
They were young artists, thus their daily life severely impoverish. The poet didn’t (1-1)run up big expenses, but difficult to earn daily expenses. Their apartment had always stopped the gas, water, electricity. She had (2)run up against the miserable situation for 11 years with him because she could enjoy their artist life and culture. However, after she had pregnant, she stopped to (4)build bridges between the poet and her whole life. The reason was the changing of her priority which needed to protect her baby.
She wanted to become success an oil painter, but she (3)scaled back her aim to a comic artist after she came back in Japan. She told that she tried whether she can adjust herself Japanese society or not. she became a comic artist in 1997 in Japan. Her strategy was the success because her comic won the famous prise in 2010. When she took this interview she is 51 years old. Her experience is powerful, and her message is positive. “Don’t be afraid of your failure! It’s not your debt! It’s your property. It increases your value.”
homework:
(1) run up
(1-1)Accumulate a debt.
(e.g) “James ran up a large amount in hotel expenses at the trade fair.”
(1-2)Make something quickly.
(e.g) “My mother can run up a pair of curtains in no time.”
(2)run up against: Encounter difficulties or problems.
(e.g) “The property developer ran up against strong local opposition.”
(3)scale back/scale down: Make something smaller than originally intended.
(e.g) “Due to the crisis the company had to scale down the size of the plant.”
(4)build bridges: If a person builds bridges between opposing groups, they help them to cooperate and understand each other better.
(e.g) A mediator is trying to build bridges between the local community and the owners of the new plant.
notice
In this article, I try to appropriate use 4 phrasal verbs(No.1~4) in this article which I write my daily life and thoughts because I’m learning English. This is one of writing training.
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