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Lapulapu's Revenge

2022-02-02T09:35:52-08:00

Lapulapu’s Revenge, 2021.

64.7 cm (25.5 in) x 28cm (11 in)

Photocopies of found images, collage, trace monoprint, ink, fire and pastel on watercolour paper.

Lapulapu’s Revenge explores my identity as a person of mixed Hong Kong-Chinese and Filipino descent through borrowed, distorted, and re-imagined images of anticolonial revolt. It uses imagery that depicts Filipino resistance to US colonization, juxtaposed with racist caricatures of the Yellow Peril and Boxer Rebellion to show a continuity of resistance, despite colonial violence and disconnections to culture. Lapulapu, the namesake of this piece, was the chief responsible for defeating Spanish colonists, lead by Ferdinand Magellan at the Battle of Mactan, in the present-day Philippines, who’s identity remains shrouded in (post)colonial mythologies.

With this work, I sought to challenge representations of Asian masculinity by transforming racist imagery into something I could identify with. Lapulapu’s Revenge questions what it what it means to be part of a diaspora and at the tailend of 500 years of resistance.

Mixed Expression of Body and Self Love

2022-03-14T15:09:01-07:00

We all are uneasy for whatever reasons and is afraid for the future.

What we’ll become, what our life will become.

How all things will transform into different shapes, and at some point and we simply cannot stop it because that is life.

We are humans but are we really self conscious?

What is life?

How do we define our selfs?

There are too many ways to describe the life you’re having. Your own personal reality, and so I wanted to express the angst inside me on a piece of paper

King Louis XIV of France

2021-12-04T13:45:39-08:00

A portrait of a cartoon version of King Louis XIV of France.

You Can Do Something

2022-02-12T17:04:27-08:00

Like roses, small actions can bloom and produce beautiful results.

Currently, our world is in a way melting due to climate change. This drawing represents that no matter how little an action seems, you can do something to stop climate change, or any problem you might face. The girl in the drawing is holding a melting earth, and as her hands touch the earth roses bloom. The roses symbolizes the actions we can take to make our world more beautiful place.

Remembering

2022-03-02T17:22:16-08:00

A short story about grief, remembering, processing loss and identity.

Torn

2022-06-02T16:45:30-07:00

The fictional short story “Torn” touches on the themes of “evil” in children being an outlet for their internal struggles and the ugly discovery of self-awareness. The narrative follows the actions and impulses of a young girl and a monster that lives atop her shoulder. She is faced with several conflicts where the monster will act against her will, to defend her, only ever doing more harm than good. Over time, she comes to think of being less of a guardian, and more of a parasite. Though after thinking of the monster as a protector, she is unable to reach out for help. The weight of the monster grows along with its hostility. The girl must choose if she can survive while those around her suffer, or if she will force the monster out of her life. She must tear it from her body.

The Accidental Meeting

2022-01-03T14:38:30-08:00

This is a ballad in the form of poetry

I Wish I Was You

2022-01-06T20:50:02-08:00

"I Wish I Was You" is a short story about the stereotypes that our society places on us. Most of the descriptions that you will read within the story are from my own personal experiences and background. This story describes the life of two characters who begin to feel lost about their identities and start to wish to be able to live as the opposite gender. As the story continues, you will see how the lives of these two characters change because of the strain that stereotypes have on their lives.

My aim with this short story was to show the negative effects that stereotypes have, and how we should live in a world where no one would ever doubt themselves because of meaningless stereotypes.

Blooming

2021-12-28T17:35:23-08:00

_{I made this poem for my grade 8 english class while we were doing a poetry unit. We had to make all kind of poems, such as: similes, metaphors, and alitteration poems. This poem is about the circle of life and the four seasons. Even though petals fall off in autumn they will grow back in spring -- it is a cycle.}