Dylan Peterson 

Yoko Ono’s Wish Tree 

Part 1

Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist who bases all of her work on a form of wishing.  The piece I was chosen to analyze was the Wish Tree. This is a powerful art piece that started in 1996 and has been showcased in many of her exhibitions around the world in museums and cultural centers.  The Wish Tree is meant for people to open their minds and hearts and wish for what they want most.  

Ono admits that she does not read any of the wishes for they are personal and meant to be private.  From all of the places the Wish Tree has been Ono has collected over 1 million wishes.  Her goal is to have them house at the site of the Imagine Peace Tower, which will then be made into a tower sculpture which contains wishes of the people around the world of our time, it will be a very powerful sculpture. 

I think Ono’s creativity is beautiful.  Her art work in the present is a stepping stone to another one in the future.  Which will be just as moving as the first one, not only is it creative its interactive.  Anyone can participate, if you have a dream you have an important piece to this art work.  If a wish tree comes through orange county any time soon I will go out of my way to be apart of that movement.