Re: obit (!): Laurie Baker

AFTER the lecture was over, two of my students walked up to Laurie Baker 
and asked if they could share a note with him. He smiled and agreed. On 
the front side of the note was a question. They asked him what would the 
son of a lorry driver choose to become if he wanted to shift jobs. Still 
smiling, he asked them to go ahead with the answer and they turned the 
note. On the other side, it read that he would become a baker because 
that is one way he could become a Laurie Baker. He stretched his smile 
and asked them if he could keep the note. The surprised students agreed 
and left the note with him. More than the sense of humour, it was the 
immediacy and directness of the moment that appealed to him. This was 
not difficult to guess given his nature — simple and direct. Both his 
self and his buildings emoted and quickly reached the people who inhabited.

cont'd....
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2007/04/15/stories/2007041500100400.htm