lin. c-span: and you have three names, maya ying lin. >> guest: ying lin, yeah. c-span: ying (pronounced ing). it's pronounced ing? >> guest: yeah. silent y. c-span: y-i-n-g? >> guest: n-g. it's my chinese name. it's my chinese given name. and it means precious stone. c-span: where'd you meet your husband? >> guest: in new york at a dinner party. c-span: and he does? >> guest: he's an art dealer photography, specialty is the 19th century photographs. c-span: does he work with you at any--in any of these projects? >> guest: no, he's very sweet and supportive, though. he puts up with my incredible nervousness as i'm making these things. he's actually got an incredibly good eye. c-span: when you went back to china, what was your reaction overall to... >> guest: well, i had just come from japan, and i found japan very--very formal. and i think, you know, they actually thought i was japanese in japan. and if you're english speaking if you don't speak japanese, they look at you with a little bit of odd suspicion. and so you're not from--you--you left. and--and i got to