IN OUR REPORTS ABOUT THE JAPANESE ARTIST ISSEI NISHIMURA’S WILDLY EXPRESSIONISTIC PAINTINGS (SEE brutjournal, FEB-MAR 2023), WE’VE DESCRIBED HIS OBSESSIVE DEVOTION TO DRAWING AND MAKING ART, OFTEN INSPIRED BY HIS LOVE OF BLUES MUSIC. NOW, JAPAN’S NHK WORLD TELEVISION SERVICE IS PRESENTING FILMMAKER ISE TOMOYA’S FIRST-EVER DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE RECLUSIVE ARTIST AND HIS PRIVATE WORLD OF MUSIC, ART, AND CATS. VIEW IT HERE, FREE OF CHARGE, WHILE IT’S STILL AVAILABLE. PAINT!