Carol Fried, “My inspiration was the Manual of Chinese Garden Painting from the early Qing Dynasty. I have been greatly influenced throughout my life by the cultures of the world and Eastern Cultures resonate from my childhood. At this time with all of the animosity being visited against people identified as Asian I felt moved to remember what I have learned as a life lesson: that I am indebted to all cultures that have come before and each and every day I look at my life and think about the magnitude of those gifts. So I was inspired to make something that signifies my love of culture, art and food and this is what I was studying a few months ago and decided that it would be my inspiration.”