ARTIST SPREADS GOOD WILL IN FUKUSHIMA

Artist Ty Williams in stands next to one of his boat paintings in Fukushima. Photo: Ty Williams

Last month, artist, surfer and all-around great guy Ty Williams was asked to travel to Fukushima to paint fish on the boats of fishermen who lost everything in the devastating tsunami.  The project was both a gesture of good will (fish are symbol of good luck) and a way of hearing and acknowledging the fishermen’s painful stories.  Read Williams’s thoughts on his experience in Japan here—and see his beautiful photos from the trip.

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