Daniel Pawley

Upon meeting Pawley, I saw that he was a man of great interest. He showed his love for travel from the start of his lecture. Seeing his plethora of displayed items, showed me that he was very passionate about where he had visited. The memorabilia displayed each had stories behind them that showed more about Pawley and the type of man he was. I found each of his different items fascinating and the stories behind them even more enthralling.
The first item that he showed was a baby doll that was given to him when he spoke at a conference in Taiwan. The organizers of the conference had given it to him for speaking.
Another thing that Daniel Pawley had displayed for the students, was a bat from Japan. This particular item held a lot of importance because of the reason he had purchased it. Pawley explained that the Japanese people were not very religious, although at baseball games made the people act in ways that resembled religious actions. Pawley had gone to the games to examine what the fans did during the game, and buying the souvenir made him think about the time that he had observed these particular people. He also went into explaining that the people would burst into a tune when a favorite player had a great hit. The Japanese baseball games were much different than the American baseball games according to Pawley.
Another item on Pawley's display was a replica of a building. Pawley explained that the building was actually a front of an important church that had been burned in the past. This church front is in a place called Macau, which is close to Hong Kong. This is a photograph of the actual church that the replica was created from.

Lastly, Pawley presented a jar full of colorful sand that were fed into the vase to create shapes and designs. It was from Jordan in Petra where the city is carved into a mountainside. This is where he got the memorabilia.

Since Daniel Pawley has traveled to all of these different locations, he had opinions on where the best food was and where the best places to travel were. The first location that he had went to was England in 1975 because his band was playing a show there. After this first time of travel, he decided it was something that he wanted to do a lot more of. 

His two favorite countries were Japan and Israel. When he went to Israel, he bought a picture of an hourglass that had the entire book of Ecclesiastes written inside of it. This particular piece was very special to Pawley and he went on to say, "...intriguing book, but I don't know what it's doing in the bible" and "it's all about despair". At the bottom of the art piece, there is a word that says "Kohelet", which means preacher or teacher. Pawley seemed very fond of this art, and keeps it in a safe place.

Going on during the interview, a question was asked about which piece was the most important to Pawley and he explained that a small statue of pillars were his most important because he "loves the country of Greece". He was comparing the ancient fans to the modern fans and got to see the old arenas. He said that the pillars reminded him of all the ruins throughout Greece and found that extremely important. 

Pawley has done a lot of traveling in his lifetime, and hopes to do much more. The items collected will forever remind him of all the adventures he had through these countries.