Do you know how a silversmith determines when the metal is pure? It is only when he sees his face upon the shining, pure metal. We are like gold or silver, melted in the fire of tribulation, so that the dross (waste or impurity) is burned away. We are to reflect God's face upon our face or surface. Life is a process of purification.

God , Country & Tattoos
Dennis E. Dwyer

Who-ever expected such language, out of a book like this. Mr. Dwyer had the privilege of meeting Horitoshi back in the late 1980s during a visit to Japan and several of his deshi's (some of which no longer are- e.g. Daisuke)

the 1958 lecture Indeterminacy:
After I had been studying with him for two years, Schoenberg said, "In order to write music, you must have a feeling for harmony." I explained to him that I had no feeling for
harmony. He then said that I would always encounter an obstacle, that it would be as though I came to a wall through which I could not pass. I said, "In that case I will devote my life to
beating my head against that wall."[37]

| John Cage

 Dawn columnist Huma Yusuf summarized three main complaints of Yousafzai's critics: "Her fame highlights Pakistan’s most negative aspect (rampant militancy); her education campaign echoes Western agendas; and the West's admiration of her is hypocritical because it overlooks the plight of other innocent victims, like the casualties of U.S. drone strikes."