Questions about America
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which of your pottery work in the U.S. makes you satisfied?
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John: I used my blood and my sweat to make those works, even when I got back to Taiwan I also spent the same time, I spent my mental doing it to finish it. My works aren’t stiff, they are very lively. So, every of my works are very precious.
How do you feel in the U.S.?
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John: The air is fresh, very clean. The people there is very kind to deficient people, when I was in Taiwan, if my parents take me outside, children seeing me will be afraid, when they are frightened they will cry, but different from Taiwan, in U.S. the children who sees me will greet me, they shake hands with me too. Therefore, I think U.S.A. environment is totally different with Taiwan. It is mostly like this!
What’s the differents of the pottery teachers in U.S. and in Taiwan?
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John: Taiwan’s pottery teachers use a traditional way to teach, they make a model, and you need to make a same one; U.S.A. is different,the teacher won’t make a thing for you to mimic, he will teach you what this chunk of clay can make, you can make it into a clay stick, or you can make it into a parcel of clay. Then you can use your stick and the parcel of clay to make things, they only gives prompts, and won’t tell you to make a same one.