Falling for Ikebana: What My First Lessons Taught Me

A few months ago, I started ikebana lessons, and I have completely fallen in love.

I found the class online. Not through a friend, and not through a studio I already knew. I took a chance, drove up to an orchid farm, and walked into the middle of a wooded area to meet a teacher I had never met. Somewhere on that drive I wondered what exactly I had signed up for. It turned out to be one of the best chances I have taken in a long time.