Wednesday – a day of viewing from a different angle

With time rushing by I needed to work on my exhibition piece, completing the cutting and hammering of the foundation section I am now ready for the next stage, which, I think, is going to be the hardest part. I am not including a photo because it is a surprise.

Finishing my work and not wasting an opportunity to see something new, Maude (my student) and I headed down to Yokohama. We visited the Red Brick Warehouse, where a spring garden was set out in the quadrangle, certainly not what I expected, wonderful for children but it lacked the sophistication and elegance I was hoping to see. Having said that there were some flowers I had never seen before such as yellow lupins, a first for me.

Being so close we visited the ‘Cup of Noodle’ museum, something that really doesn’t interest me. How one can be so mistaken – it was actually very fascinating and I came away with a new drive to never stop. ‘Mr Noodle’ who was never fazed at challenges, invented ‘Cup of Noodles’ for astronauts at the age of 96 years. Hearing that I look forward to many more years of teaching and creating ikebana.

We enjoyed an ikebana exhibition at Takashimaya, displaying several different schools. From there we ventured through the kimono section in awe of the elegant designs and subtle colour colours for spring, an excellent example of mixing colours for ikebana arrangements. We visited the food department where patterns of displays are over whelming. What a wonderful starting point to design a patchwork quilt. Art crosses so many boundaries.