Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Aikido and the First Lady: Michelle Obama

I recently came across this speech by Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States: remarks by the First Lady of the United States at The Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards.

A couple of highlights that caught my attention were the 'art and science' references and made me think of their inter-play in our study of Aikido.
You are scientists and artists. Your work is both practical
and poetic, educational and inspirational. You represent
diverse fields of disciplines but you share the common thread
of superior design.

What I love about design is the artistic and scientific
complexity that also becomes useful: a laptop, a bridge, an
outfit -- (laughter) -- a garden, all drawn from a thousand wells
of inspiration and yet grounded in the basic principles of math
or science.

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