Greyzone art between shadow and light

After that I wrote my book 'Thank You, Life, Thank You, Death' where I describe the healing process of my relationship to death.

"What do you see as the positive aspects of death?" I was asked in a magazine interview.

My answer: "I would like to address the issue of racism because I have experienced a lot of racism.

We are all born naked and leave everything behind when we die.

Then you realize: It makes no sense to judge people by their skin color or nationality.''

"You're just an Asian woman. I can harass you.''

"You immigrant sister.''

As soon as you try to defend yourself, you were stamped as emotional, unprofessional, and difficult. In addition I wanted to avoid conflicts at the place where you earn a living. So I suppressed my feelings "It is my fault that I can’t get by." That's why I found it hard to breathe.

In this time, when you can get information quickly, I value listening to each other's stories instead of judging too fast.

In my opinion the key to a society free from discrimination is: compassion. Compassion is the understanding for the other people’s story. Or maybe it is the realization that you can’t understand certain things you have not experienced. But nevertheless we can build together a future where everyone get the same chances and respect.

That is why my novels are characterized by vivid imagery and all my paintings are based on a story.

Stories don't condemn. Stories do not impose a point of view.

Isn't life like a story that makes sense in the end?