Designing Conversation
At Sunday's Smörgåsbord I sat with our volunteers and the musicians enjoying my herring and salmon course. One of the volunteers is a design student and I asked if she had seen the new museum exhibit which features work by 17 Swedish female designers. "It's very exciting! Seventeen successful designers, all in their 40s!" I exclaimed. "They are so..."
The volunteer finished my sentence, "OLD!"
"I was about to say young." I told her.
Maybe I am sensitive because I am a late bloomer. In fact, I haven't quite bloomed just yet. I am more like the tulips in my yard; stems just breaking through the dirt.
When I was a summer girl I used to read this book called Leo the Late Bloomer to the kids I watched. It began "Leo couldn't do anything right. He couldn't read. He couldn't write. He couldn't draw." Eventually Leo figures it all out and as I recall he is pretty exceptional.
If you haven't had a chance to see the design exhibit, I encourage you to head over to ASI and check it out. These women are certainly not old, or late bloomers, but like Leo they are exceptional!
The volunteer finished my sentence, "OLD!"
"I was about to say young." I told her.
Maybe I am sensitive because I am a late bloomer. In fact, I haven't quite bloomed just yet. I am more like the tulips in my yard; stems just breaking through the dirt.
When I was a summer girl I used to read this book called Leo the Late Bloomer to the kids I watched. It began "Leo couldn't do anything right. He couldn't read. He couldn't write. He couldn't draw." Eventually Leo figures it all out and as I recall he is pretty exceptional.
If you haven't had a chance to see the design exhibit, I encourage you to head over to ASI and check it out. These women are certainly not old, or late bloomers, but like Leo they are exceptional!
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