It’s been four days now. I’m in Pune-India, for an awesome one week workshop between Teague and the International School of Design DSK-ISD.
I’m the super tourist here, taking pictures of my food, people, nature, animals, cars—pretty much everything—and I love it! All my senses are alert and it’s difficult to follow all the incredible differences and surprises that await me at every corner.
From a foreigner’s point-of-view this is real organized chaos, at least on the road where lines don’t mean anything, honk sounds are the heartbeat of the city, trucks are pimped out with floral patterns and bright colors, helmets don’t seem to exist, and 125cc motorbikes can support three or even 4 people. After only four days I’m getting used to it a little but it’s still awesome. Everything seems different; even if my first reaction is still to ask why, my brain starts to say why not. After all this is the way they live, react, treat each other or express themselves and why should it be the way I was imagining it? I’m supposed to be here to teach but really I’m here to learn and it seems like every step and every minute here is another occasion to discover all those cultural differences—sometimes shocking, sometimes exciting and even sometimes mind-blowing.
This is a totally eye opening experience for me and it’s not over yet. Indian culture offers way more things than you can actually imagine; people here are really lovely, your belly will probably not be the happiest part of your body but those flavors and colors on your plate are totally worth it.
Stay tuned for the workshop results as well as some more shots of my day-to-day experience here.
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