I went to South Africa - Durban, Cape Town, Johannesburg - and those were definitely the "I've arrived" shows. Outside of the money, the success, the accolades. . . This is a place that we, in urban communities, never dream of. We never dream of Africa. Like, "Damn, this is the motherland. " You feel it as soon as you touch down. That moment changed my whole perspective on how to convey my art.
What the Dalai Lama had to resolve was whether to stay in Tibet or leave. He wanted to stay, but staying would have meant the total destruction of Tibet, because he would have died and that would have ripped the heart out of his people.