The Event

For this project I am working on in Parsons, I was asked choose a moment from my life to inspire my art. We call this "THE EVENT". 

Grandma and I. 

Six years ago, I moved from Hong Kong to Beijing. I was 10 years old. There were only my mother, my sister and myself. It was a tough time. I had to say goodbye to everything, everyone I used to know. friends, family, school, home.... Had so little knowledge about this city I was moving to. Had to adapt to a new living style, pace... Everything was so different. Not to mention having had to speak three different languages a day....

It was exhausting.

Then there was this. 

The news of my grandmother's death from cancer. 

It hurt not being able to feel the warmth of her hands, see the brightest smile on her face, hear her voice ever again. But what hurt more at the time was knowing that I was not there for her when all my life she was there for me. 

And that was it. Just a little message left at the tone and there was nothing, nothing at all I could do.