Michael Korpi Jr., He is my favorite violinist & great adventurer. The encounter with him, it all started when I saw him on Komo News, Seattle's "Busking Bach" in last December 2012. Surprisingly, I had been to Seattle to search for my lifesaver, Chris in Seattle and it has not passed so long ago since I went back to Japan. Although I don't know exactly when Michael had the interview, but that place was my favorite place and I often went at there during my stay.
I got sucked into his music world and I felt as if I were at there in Seattle when I watched his performance and the interview on the news. Powerful, heartwarming, nostalgic and joy. I was really stuck by his performance. I noticed he has a DEMO CD on the movie. I really wanted to buy it. Although I wanted to have a contact with him, of course I didn't know his address, no information about him. Then I had a contact with the Newscaster who tweet it at the official twitter.
Fortunately, she told me that he has a twitter account and then I could have a contact with him in shortly. I told him that I would like to buy the DEMO CD. But he kindly replied and shared his music on the net with a direct message after I got a message. If I were in Seattle, I would have bought it and made donations when I see him. But I couldn't do it because I was out of USA at the time. I wanted to make donations for him even if it was a little bit amount of money. Then he told me that he has managed his website and suggested me to make a donation at the site if I liked his musics which he shared. Of course I did!! I suppose he was also surprised at my donation as same as Chris who is my lifesaver might have felt. At first I intended to do it just once as a Random Acts of Kindness to him. But having read his adventure in last time on the website and Facebook, I had great sympathy for his next adventure. I sometimes feel he is Chris. Of course he doesn't the person, and doesn't look like Chris. How do I say, their thinking and style of life resemble. (does it make a sense?) I saw Chris in his mind. I'm an emotionalist, volunteer since the day that Chris saved me.
Since then, I decided to make a donation which I couldn't do for Chris at that time, to Michael once a month for a while or may support until his goal. I don't know the limit. However, it doesn't mean that I would leach out to everyone in the world. It is impossible. I just would do anything all I can do for people who touch a string in my heart. This is also my Random Acts of Kindness and my unfinished business in my life.
His next adventure will be started from Oct. 2013. Then, I'm planning to meet Michael before he leaves. Of course I have another reasons to go...
Good Luck, Michael!!
