Artist Statement
As a first-generation Chinese American, my writing draws inspiration from the storytelling of both my cultures as well as the clash of their differing concerns. My work revolves around the themes of environment, mythology, and identity: I think about the ways in which we as humans perceive the world and our own identities. About how habits are defined by background, how people are changed into stereotypes, how there are so many nuances to what it means to belong and to connect. More recently, my concerns have broadened to incorporate nature and ecology and our place in local ecosystems. I’m moved by the ways in which nature constantly surprises us with its creativity, its resilience, but also its fragility.
Work-in-progress for Infinite Islands