May Interview Questions
The Brain is a Noodle!
[1] What did you like to do most when you were 10? They say that this hobby is likely what brings you the most joy in life — is this something you still do?
I was creative. When I was in the 3rd or 4th grade, we got homework to create small box forms from flat construction paper. As soon as I came home, I did it for hours — non-stop! I loved this project in making various forms “out of none,” thin flat paper. Asymmetrical, three-dimensional complicated architectures that I created. My box forms were just like museums, churches, or major cities’ convention centers that I’d never seen before, in which oblique lines and cylindrical shapes were all combined into one box. I made a half dozen of all different shapes without a break. To perfectly put them together, I even hid clear tape inside their structures so that nobody could see the tapes outside on the structures.
To date, I still love to engage in some practical yet creative activities, from woods, glass, metals, yarns, fabrics, paints, or even foods without any blueprints or recipes — experimental. I used to make draperies and on all the windows in our house by just imagining how they should look and be decorated. Also, I am a handywoman. I can fix irrigation pipe (!) in the garden…
