"When I get home” is an exploration of different aspects of what is home to me, the places that I’ve been, the relationships that I had, and even just the idea of home. Over the years, after leaving the country that I grew up in, came to the states with nothing but
memories. Now that I live in the states, I feel the absence of home, the mundane, the everyday people, and the architecture that I was
surrounded with; to me, those things became my home, and they are the highest innovation of me.
memories. Now that I live in the states, I feel the absence of home, the mundane, the everyday people, and the architecture that I was
surrounded with; to me, those things became my home, and they are the highest innovation of me.
In this series of work, these reimaginations of my “home” was built upon memories with a touch of where I lived and the life that I lived. These things have treated me kind, kept me grounded, and molded me into the person that I am today. Thus, I can’t help but keep longing for a secure place that I can call “home.” Sometimes, home can be a relationship or the feelings of daydreaming. Toxic temporary relationships just to find comfort within myself, losing self-control, and nothing but despair has developed a fear of power, of not being in control of my body which is my own “home”. “When I get home” is a map of me finding my way back home to reconnect with myself.
Therefore, myself is the home that I go to, the hardest person to please, the loneliest place but the only love that I have left. My body and mind are where I learn and unlearning many things to answer the questions, the fears, and a sense of self. At last, “When I get home” is the love letter, a reflection, where I find groundedness and a sense of home wherever I am.