Hi O-Listers,
I think we can solve this issue by asking his wife and/or surviving children.
If Yoshizawa wanted his models preserved in a museum, in the form of diagrams
in a book, or in the form of photographs of intact models, he would have
mentioned this to his surviving family.
He must have loved and cherished his origami creations and may not want them
dissected, picked apart, and splayed out for the world to see. Just because we
can x-ray the models or reverse engineer them from appearance doesn't mean we
should. This is especially true if he has given indication that he doesn't
want his models to be shared.
I don't know Yoshizawa personally and I have never had the honor of meeting him
but it seems to me that he's not a hermit living in the hills. He is well
aware of what cameras are. He has met many origami enthusiasts. I believe
that if he wanted to share the folding sequences of his origami model, he would
have had ample opportunity to do so either by himself or with the help of
collaborators. The fact that he has not revealed the folding sequences
suggests to me that he didn't want to. Maybe we should honor that.
Let's put it this way: when you die, are you going to donate your body to
science and medicine so they can cut you apart and learn more about the human
body? It'll really advance the field and you'll be doing a great service to
humanity. So, would you donate your body to be dissected? Do you have the
right to donate someone else's body to be dissected?
Diana ----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.origami-resource-center.com/ http://make-origami.com
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