Today, as part of my research regarding Japanese culture for my ID1 project, I walked into the National Japanese American Historical Society. They are currently having an exhibit displaying various objects created by interred Japanese Americans in various camps during World War II.
They were only given poorly built tar paper barracks, and a couple of crates and a bed frame for furniture. There were no medical or educational facilities planned. But like all humans, the interred Japanese did what they could, and built an effective and functioning city out of the camps. The relics of their stay--boxes, sea shell sculptures, and even carved and painted works of art are testament to the ingenuity of people.
Once again, necessity is the mother of invention.
Sometimes I think that a long period with a single focus produces better work than fitting several projects into a schedule at once. I am jealous of the meticulous detail of some of these people.
If only the best of us didn’t come from the worst of things. But I guess times of great stress inspire great things.
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