Well I finally just figured out why those Japanese students (must have been Japanese) were the ones most interested in my pottery at the sale I did at the Mendel in Saskatoon a few years ago. (I am afraid to think when that was). Maybe 2004. Maybe later.
This morning I finally listened to that lecture (talk) Daniel Pink did at one of the Universities. I had downloaded it from iTunes. It was a discussion of his book: Johnny Bunko (not sure of exact title of his book). But it is based on Manga which is what 80 percent of Japanese people read these days. (much like it is television that 80 percent of North Americans get their information from). (I know I am months, if not years, behind everyone else knowing about it). Manga that is. And what it represents.
But that is why they liked the pottery so much..the last series I did (which I also like quite a lot). They could read what I was saying. Not to mention that the Japanese revere and respect their artists, especially their potters. Not to mention that they could also practice their pretty-good English on me. Which was was I thought originally. And which now I can see, coming from a different perspective, was pretty stupid on my part, since the young man who talked to me would have found the communication/visuals pretty funny to him, not to mention incongruent coming from an older lady, if not terribly witty, and if not pretty sly from a Manga point of view. I think anyway, basing my discovery of what Daniel Pink has been saying for quite a while. And based on what I, myself, know now.
That discovery, added to my listening to Steve Jobs commencement talk from 2006 has been a double wammy for me today.
And pretty much inspiring to say the least. Add that to the Apserger Support meeting yesterday. And wow. It has taken me to a whole new level...weird as somethings have been also in this regard (which I won't go into right now).
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