Ep. 1 of Diary of a Self-Taught Artist in trying to figure out this tension in art learning, how much to practice fundamentals without constraining my own imagination and creativity, versus how much to lean into my imagination while still learning and applying fundamentals.
My first journey painting landscape with gouache and my learnings along the way.
About my time horse trekking in the Altai mountains of Mongolia in 2024 with Zavkhan Trekking
No words. Just feels. Hope you are all taking care of yourself. We will continue resisting, organizing, and persevering. I have many more updates coming soon, exciting things in the works ~ stay tuned.
I stopped drawing for a while, here's why. A comic on coming back after experiencing major loss.
My experience drawing a comic a day for the #100dayproject in 2019 and how it shaped my creative journey for the better
Apps I used during my travels through China in 2023
Thoughtful Wanders, a digital platform centered on sharing my journey [un]learning about the world, society, and self. The work I create is based on seeing the world through my brain as a curious and creative person where I try to make the implicit explicit and process my learnings out loud.
A piece I did spontaneously back in 2021 when I was reflecting on how differently I viewed life and the journey of life as an 18 year old versus as a 26 year old.
Illustrations reflecting on being Asian American Woman, drawn after the Atlanta Spa Shootings in 2021.
The Essences (core values) of Thoughtful Wanders
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big changes coming & an inside look to what they are
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a travel journal excerpt & updates on how the trip has been so far. from combatting loneliness to navigating trip logistics to thoughts on the responsibilities of representation
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A personal update for paid subscribers as to what I've been up to, the physical "in-person" activist community I have been part of & building, and the slight change in trajectory going forward
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a personal update of sorts, the experience of starting anew, the ups and downs of trying to pave your own path
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Are they two ends of the same spectrum or are they not that different after all? I process this question using “the cultural iceberg" model
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Defining "third culture kid" (TCK), who gets to be one, and my own experiences as a TCK
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Approaching the question from the different perspectives of a third culture kid, an Asian American, a Taiwanese person. Written by someone who is all of the above.
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do people just have one "home"? what does home even mean? reflections and unlearnings on "home"
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Early thoughts on paid vs free newsletter.
Travel
I scuba dived again for the first time after 14 years and made a visual journal documenting my experience and key learnings to remember.
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My experience almost being scammed off a Craigslist housing post and what I learned...
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what IS thoughtful wanders? what am i trying to do? where am i headed? & quick life update