The Asian Art Museum organized Lotus Live as part of its celebration of Flower Power and at the same time broke the Guinness World Records™ title for Largest Human flower.
I am so happy and honored to have been part of this title that now belongs to the Asian Art Museum.
It was a beautiful summer day. The sun was up, there was a cool breeze and the clock just hit thirty past twelve. My friend Dinah and her friend Ana were already at the Civic Center grounds for Lotus Live. Lotus Live was an attempt by the Asian Art Museum to break the Guinness World Records™ title for Largest Human Flower which also coincided with the museum's Flower Power exhibition. The city of San Francisco is also celebrating its 50th anniversary of Flower Power.
I was handed a green plastic poncho and this instruction sheet as soon as I got to the venue. The poncho was supposed to be worn as part of Team Green and the instruction sheet doubles as a voucher for free admission to the Asian Art Museum.
Hundreds of ecstatic people were already checked in and gathering in front of the City Hall. I was afraid I was not going to find my friend Dinah and Ana because there were a lot of people. The crowd was a mix of different ages and different ethnicities which epitomizes San Francisco. I have not been part of something like this so I was also ecstatic for the record to be broken.
Afterwards, we were instructed to go to the staging area that represents the color of our poncho, in my case, it was green.
We went through a turnstile and we asked to not go beyond the flags.
Flags like this one were put to outline the shape of the Lotus Flower which can be seen from above. By this time, the sun was directly above us and I could see the plastic ponchos getting a bit of condensation from the participants wearing them who were already sweaty by then.
There was one time I got thirsty and a volunteer helped me get water. Thank you volunteers!
And then a little after 1:00 o'clock, we started to do the countdown. We could see a drone high up probably taking pictures of us.
In the end, over 2,400 people joined together and the officials announced the record was broken. I cannot believe I became a part of something like this!
We were told there was a free poster of the event at the Asian Art Museum. We then made our way to the Asian Art Museum to get it.
It was such a fun, peaceful, and exciting event. Thank you Asian Art Museum and SF peeps! Another reason why I so love this city!
~rl
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