Q2 2022 Inspiration Report: Focus on What Makes Us Happy

 

Graduating college will be my biggest accomplishment thus far. It has taught me that determination and a strong will can get you miles ahead in life. As I start a new journey, I am excited to see what the world has in store for me, and I am eager to get started. I would not be who I am without my friends, family, and everyone else who has helped during my time at the University of the Pacific. – Andrea

I’ve been reading The Architecture of Health: Hospital Design and the Constructruction of Dignity in preparation for my upcoming interview with authors Michael P. Murphy Jr. and Jeff Mansfield from MASS Design Group. I am excited to profile them in our upcoming book Procedure Volume 2: Artists Remaking Medicine. - Emily

Untalkative Bunny is a Canadian animated series from the early 2000s about a yellow anthropomorphic rabbit and its life in the big city. Each vignette is only 5 minutes long, and the bunny doesn’t talk at all, but this show made me so happy as a kid and still does to this day. - Joanne

Visionary artist Yayoi Kusama has an exhibition at The Hirshhorn, which showcases a collection of works that she’s done over the past few decades. Her bright, expressive installations instantly caught my eye, with one of my favorites being Infinity Mirror Room—Phalli’s Field. I appreciate the way her works challenge me to pause and immerse myself in the piece.

I’ve been getting creative with different ways to make healthy eating fun, and UB’s most recent gift to me for my 23rd birthday, Sweet Potato Soul, has been fuelling my love for vegan cooking! Last week, I made vegan croquettes and homemade mint-lime dip, and it was superb!

This Superbloom candle from local, women-owned candle shop Living Thing makes me feel like I’m on vacation.

The production and fashions on Korean dramas are so well done. I love trying to figure out all the cultural and food references. Each night feels like the same kind of brain-expanding work of international travel, but from the comfort of home. - Emily

Neri Oxman’s exhibit at SFMOMA explores the role of architecture in the age of climate change. “Oxman rethinks all facets of the field with a singular objective: to transition from valuing human material wealth that stakes claim to land and resources to a focus on environmental health that restores and advances natural balance to mutually benefit all.”