Speaking of Travel® With Marilyn Ball
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Speaking of Travel® With Marilyn Ball
Akira Satake Finds Beauty And Imperfection In The Hands Of Nature
For Akira Satake, the act of creation is a collaboration between him, the clay and the fire. Akira shares his experiences finding the beauty in imperfection and the importance of “ma,” the space in-between.
Akira Satake was born in Japan and his first serious passion was American roots music. He taught himself to play guitar and banjo listening to his older brother’s Doc Watson and Flatt and Scruggs recordings. After years of working in the music industry, Akira was looking for a way to destress. He knew after taking his first ceramics class he was meant to be a potter.
Today Akira has a working studio and exhibition space in the River Arts District in Asheville, NC. He has given workshops and presentations all over the world and his work is transformed from the heart.
Also on Speaking of Travel, discover how the power of storytelling brings people together with Riley Coy of Kitcaster, a company with shared storytelling at its core. Riley helps CEOs, Entrepreneurs, and Business Owners share their success stories with the world. And she shares her travel stories with us!
And join in the conversation with Tina Kinsey from the Asheville Regional Airport as she fills us in on how U.S. airlines are laying the groundwork for a travel rebound and how the decisions they’re making now will affect their positioning through this evolving recovery in air travel.
Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.