This girl from Bumthang wishes that she were a boy.At the EG conference in December 2007, artist Jonathan Harris discusses his latest projects, which involve collecting stories: his own, strangers', and stories collected from the Internet, including his amazing "We Feel Fine."
While looking at possibilities for my grad project, I'm interested in listening to other people's stories and learn about people I met, people I'm friends with, people who I love and care about.
Theresa told me about Jonathan Harris's lecture on TED. I remember stumbling upon this talk, but couldn't track it down anymore. Thank god for friends from school who are TED junkies like me to highlight these talks for me.
Jonathan Harris travels to Bumthang and talks to random people about happiness and their wishes. He uses balloons as the visualization tool to express these strangers' emotions and voice. These locals in different ages all have very different insight and interpretation of happiness. Some wishes they made seem absurd but definitely honest and sincere.
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