Cutie and the Boxer Page #4

to have Lee Ufan this year.

I wonder if they buy your works

even if they don't exhibit.

- Who?

- Guggenheim.

I don't think they'll buy it.

Octopus!

Hard to say what this is.

If it's good or bad

or finished or unfinished.

I don't think it's good.

Mm.

This is difficult.

Not working.

You're so negative.

You've got to be positive.

- Be positive about what?

- Life is wonderful.

Life is wonderful.

Life should be positive.

When it's blown to pieces,

that's when it becomes art.

Art is messy and dirty

when it pours out of you.

The New York Times once said,

"Shinohara is amazing."

Listen...

Brother...

Why do I...

It makes me cry.

I believe in my career...

Goddamn it!

- Gyu-chan, Gyu-chan...

- Why do I have to?

I want to cry...

I've got nothing.

Listen to me!

This is so hard...

And it's so fantastic...

Now I've got nothing.

You see...

We are the ones suffering the most

from art...

Art is a demon...

a demon that drags you along.

It's not something you can stop,

even if you should.

Maybe you go insane.

Your wife leaves, your kid runs away.

You throw yourself away to be an artist.

"We've reached another morning,

full of hope.

Let's have a productive day

and follow our dreams."

That's what my dumb friend used to say.

Now he's dead.

I've decided to throw out my old ideas

and start fresh with new ones.

I'm going to show another side

of Ushio Shinohara.

Everyone is going to say,

"This is Ushio Shinohara!"

Is it difficult being a couple

and having the same profession?

We are like two flowers in one pot.

It's difficult. Sometimes we don't get

enough nutrients for both of us.

But when everything goes well,

we become two beautiful flowers.

So it's either heaven or hell.

I think this will work.

Oh, this must be the hamburger meat.

Is this all the hamburger meat we have?

I wrapped up all the leftovers.

Celery, okay.

Celery hamburger!

What the hell are you doing?

Ushio style!

One, two, three.

Damn, this is hard!

This hamburger is really dry.

Too much cook?

It's so dry.

Dinosaurs make a roar sound, right?

So that's going to be the title

of my exhibition. Our exhibition.

Roar!

It's also perfect for Cutie's cry.

Cutie cannot cry like that.

It's strange if she cries like that.

Roar!

Yeah. Not like roar...

Cutie cries like this...

But when a dinosaur is hit,

they make a roar sound.

No, it's not a sad cry. It's more like,

"I'm going to kick your ass!"

Cutie is dangerous.

Cutie fights back.

Our show catalogue

should be ready today.

The first time I read it,

I was, like, "What the..."

It starts off

talking about important artist couples,

like Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner,

and now Noriko Shinohara

and Ushio Shinohara.

What the hell? That's crazy!

Is this the right way?

Be careful of this part.

- That's all of it, isn't it?

- Yeah.

Dinosaur's roar is...

...roar, dinosaur roar!

It's my roar, the same.

Poison frog roar.

Samurai roar.

Fighting.

I don't care, but...

I don't like "Love Is..."

It's not necessary for me.

Who put "Love is..." in the title?

Oh, you? Why?

Why? Because I think so.

Love is a roar.

I found out by experience.

- In my life.

- Love is crying?

No, love is a roar.

It's always continuing

for 20, 30 years.

The important thing is, you never agree.

I started thinking by myself.

I stopped to follow you.

If you have money,

you can hire somebody and can do it,

like a secretary or,

you know, assistant.

This is my dream.

I'm a free secretary,

free assistant, free chef.

If you are rich, you can kick me out.

Like that, you are talking about.

You are poor,

that's why you are with me.

I need you.

Because you need somebody

to read the subway map.

Cutie hates Bullie?

No, Cutie loves Bullie so much.

both:
Quick, quick, slow.

Quick, quick, slow.

What's funny about people,

is that opposites attract,

like a magnet.

But similar personalities repel

each other and break up.

Even when we were at each other's

throats, there was passion and love.

It's not a typical romance.

Maybe being opposite helped us

to accomplish something in the end.

But mainly it was my endurance, I think.

- Is this your work?

- Yes.

So nice to meet you.

I recognized your pigtails

from your art.

My life with Ushio

has been a constant struggle.

But that has made me who I am today.

Now I think all of that

struggle was necessary for my art.

So if I had to do it over again...

...I would.

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