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Inspiration comes from everything from the entire world, and it’s hard to pinpoint one thing. I can trace one inspiration to the writing of 13th-century Zen master Dogen Zenji, who writes beautifully about time.

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The American society around me looked at me and saw Japanese. Then, when I was 19, I went to Japan for the first time. And suddenly – what a shock – I realized I wasn’t Japanese; they saw me as American. It was an enormous relief. Now I just appreciate being exactly in the middle.

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Maybe all teenagers feel like they don’t fit in. I never felt like a cool kid. I remember being bullied for being Asian.

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May 27, 2024

Maybe all teenagers feel like they don’t fit in. I never felt like a cool kid. I remember being bullied for being Asian.

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May 27, 2024

The American society around me looked at me and saw Japanese. Then, when I was 19, I went to Japan for the first time. And suddenly – what a shock – I realized I wasn’t Japanese; they saw me as American. It was an enormous relief. Now I just appreciate being exactly in the middle.

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