Imagine walking into the peaceful calm of a beautiful, airy church sanctuary and looking up to see hundreds of white paper doves floating in the air―the doves move about gently as they ride the air currents―the sound of thrilling organ music surrounds you―and there’s only you and three others treading quietly down the aisle.
Putting together kumiko is a bit like making a jigsaw puzzle. In both cases, a bunch of small, trivial parts fit together to create something significant. In both cases, the pieces only fit in a very specific way. Both require patience and persistence.
Typically, the term “city break” is used to describe a short holiday spent in a European city. Whether it’s a romantic long weekend in Paris, a cultural getaway to Barcelona or a history junket to Rome, memorable city breaks are within easy reach when you’re in Europe.
“Sign, sign, everywhere a sign.
Blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind.
Do this! Don’t do that! Can’t you read the sign? ”
“By the 1920s, the original cardboard box had been replaced by the more durable distinctive metal tins of today.” reports the Altoids website. That’s over 100 years of creatives and innovators finding clever and practical ways to repurpose the curiously useful metal tins from “the original celebrated curiously strong mints”.
The popular phrase “thinking outside the box” is commonly used to describe thinking creatively without limitations or rules. I’m a big proponent of this approach, but lately I’ve been busy thinking inside the box! Inside repurposed Altoids Mints tin boxes, that is!
