Dear Followers

I am so sorry that it was so quite here such a long time. I am still in love with Shakuhachi and continue playing, no serious practice but I am still playing.

I will have a small exhibition in end of July so I am a little bit busy with my photography. Also there a quite a few people who want to make photoshoots.

I am lucky that again something new came into my life, something that makes me happy and let me express myself and share my work with others.

Well, I think it´s really important in ones life to find something you love and then share it with others. Sharing is not so important but when you can put all your love and passion in your work, art or whatever you really give something in this existence and I think that “energy” will grow and last forever.

Pictures are just pictures. Paintins are just paintings. Music is just music. Trees are just trees but everything is created out of somewhat and that “something” will last forever…

Own Business

Well, I thougt I can start my Shakuhachi practice regular again. I also had my first lesson with my teacher again but as we all know sometimes life goes different ways

I discovered my love to photography again a few months ago and now I am sitting here with 2 old analog cameras and my own film processing stuff, ready for the next step.

I am planing to have my first local exhibition in may with b/w pictures of my hometown and the landscapes here. So everything seem to be a little busy now and all my energie goes into photograpy till may.  Also alot of people and my family love what I am doing now (me too) so my heart tells me this is the only right step for now.

Be well,

 

Sebastien Gishin Cyr

Aus gegebene Anlass möchte ich gerne mal einen Beitrag für die deutsche Shakuhachi-Community machen.

In der Internationalen Community gibt es jemanden der unsere Hilfe braucht,Sebastien Gishin Cyr. Leider ist er vor einiger Zeit an Multiple Sklerose erkrankt und ist nicht mehr in der Lage selber zu spielen. Er kommt aus Canada hat Tochter und Frau, leider ist das Gesundheitssystem nicht so ausgereift wie das deutsche und die Behandlungsmöglichkeiten sind auch nicht vielfältig.

Soweit ich weiß ist er letztes Jahr in Polen gewesen um sich dort behandeln zu lassen nur leider hat das auch nicht viel genützt. Nun möchte er sich gerne in Deutschland behandeln lassen und es fehlt am nötigen Kleingeld und sonstiger Unterstützung. Er hat schon alle seine Flöten und soweit ich weiß auch sein Haus zum Verkauf gestellt um das Geld zusammen bekommen.

Das ist wirklich kein Scherz und keine dieser blöden Kettenmails oder sonst was, ich kenne diesen Menschen und er benötigt unsere Hilfe. Jeder Euro hilft und eine paar nette Gedanken oder Worte reichen auch.

Hier noch die links zu seiner Myspace seite und die PayPal mail falls ihr spenden wollt, natürlich könnt ihr ihn auch selber anschreiben um euch zu vergewissern das das hier kein Schwindel ist. Ich lege meine Hand dafür ins Feuer!

http://ca.myspace.com/shunpukandojo

wakajiji[at]hotmail.com
Natürlich könnt ihr euch auch mit mir in Verbindung setzen.

Vielen Dank!

Christopher

Repairs done!

Well, the past 2 months was kinda crazy time and I didnt played much. I discovered alot of new stuff to express my self. Met alot of new people and alot of old friends.

Also life keeps me busy but I slowly get back into practice.

Today my new/old flute, a Gyokusui 1.8 came back to me, I sended it away to Perry Yung in New York for repairs as I do with all of my flutes.

Perry did an amazing job, as the flute came to me the whole half was cracked to the bore, the joint was damaged and the Utaguchi area needed some work. Now it is an amazing instrument again and it plays very well. I am really thankful for Perry´s work and it is always a pleasure to see his craftmanship. Also Perry was so kind to add a bag and a cleaning cloth.

Thanks alot!

Here are some pictures, I will also upload a soundfile soon.

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Please get some minutes to read this!

Well, being part of the growing Shakuhachi Community in Europe and Worl Wide is really good and I think we should help each other so please read his statement he posted on his Facebook site a few days ago.

Sebastien is a guy who also play Shakuhachi, I didnt know him well and have not meet him yet. So there is not much I can say. I just wanted to share this to people who are not on facebook. Well, at least my english isn´t good enough to tell you what I think.

 

Sebastien Gishin Cyr

This letter is intended to be distributed to the general public so that people can know exactly what patients with multiple sclerosis experience in 2011.

My name is Sebastien Cyr I currently reside in the city of Saint-Jerome in the province… of Quebec, Canada. I am now 36 years old married and the father of a soon to be 3 year old daughter. I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in October 2008. Previous to the crisis that led to my diagnostic I only had sporadic stiffness’s that would come and go once in a while that I would attribute to my weekly training in martial-arts. The only event in my life that could be related to multiple sclerosis was when I was 9 years old and my left leg go so stiff it could not be used added with an excruciating burning pain. Doctors in those days could not figure what it was and when it went away no further investigation was done. This problem actually never came back until 2008.

The neurologist that was assigned to me just labelled me as being afflicted with multiple sclerosis without any further testing and investigation in order to properly rule out other diseases that will present the same brain and spinal cord lesions as multiple sclerosis. So from there I was prescribed immunomodulators. First it was Betaseron in November 2008, Tysabri in February 2010, Copaxone in May 2010 and Betaseron once again in November 2010. Each time the drugs were never able to prevent a relapse as intended. Needless to say all those injections carry horrible side effects that can lead to death like Tysabri is known for and spreads fear in the multiple sclerosis community.

Each time I had a relapse I was put on high dose cortisone in order to limit the damage done with various levels of success. Considering that the known injections are a failure in my case did the neurologist ever considered known alternative treatments like Plasmapheresis, cyclophosphamide, azathioprine, total lymphoid irradiation, hyperbaric oxygen, intravenous gamma globulin, and antilymphocyte globulin or Low dose Naltrexone? No on my last relapse all she suggested was for me to try Tysabri again or Rebif. Why not do all you can for a patient that is now losing the usage of his hands to the point self grooming, eating, driving is severely impaired?

Now at the end of 2009 the C.C.S.V.I theory by the Italian doctor Paolo Zamboni was presented. After investigation of the theory and the success of this intervention on many patients worldwide we decided I had to try it and went at the Ameds Centrum clinic in November 2010. The procedure alleviated many of my symptoms but 2 months later I went into a sever relapse rendering me unable to properly use my hands, write, take care of my daughter, drive and walk properly. My assigned neurologist put me on another high dose of cortisone with no success this time and none of the known alternative therapies were suggested. Also proper investigation to see if the veins on which the intervention had been practiced were once again blocked was never done or considered.

At this point we will spend our last saved money in order to seek proper diagnostic and a second intervention to stop the progression of my disease and possibly reverse some of my losses. If this procedure fails and none of the known alternatives are provided to me by my assigned neurologist I will no slowly decline up to being in a bed 24 hours a day or in a wheel chair without the use of my hands. Drastic actions will be taken and I will seek euthanasia in one of the known clinics in Europe. It is my choice not to impose undue stress to my family all because the CCSVI intervention is not practiced in Canada and that neurologists only prescribe commercial drugs that have been exposed in several studies s inefficient and dangerous.

Please pass this one around. I hope this will reach enough people to make a change.

Be well,

Christopher