Article: Yoko Ono speaks on impact of project

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PASADENA - Yoko Ono's "Wish Trees for Pasadena" in the One Colorado courtyard now has 21 trees overflowing with knotted tags and scribbled wishes.

In a telephone interview Friday from New York City, Ono said her interactive installation art project - which began nearly three decades ago and has since been re-created in more than 80 cities - has received an unusually high number of wishes.

"Pasadena is very important - I feel like I'm there with them. But I can only come in spirit," Ono said.

At tables set up between the trees, boxes hold dozens of blank wish tags and pencils.

"This allows people to articulate their wishes," she said. "When people ...

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