tinyletter #10 | last tinyletter
On my end, there's a quiet energy around the office last month, buzzing silently in the background as coworkers start to wind down after hosting several large events, including the Asia Art Archive Library opening on 26th November. As the days grow colder, there's a deliberate attempt to keep things distanced and soft, where we tell each other how much we want to just hibernate for the Winter.
tinyletter #9 | picking up the pieces
Hello, hope you've managed to tide over the blood moon lunar eclipse. To say that this period was intense is an understatement. When I read the cards for the eclipse, it was an array of warnings about the emotional turmoil we were about to go through, and of the recognition of where to put our energies into. I'm definitely still feeling the after-effects of the eclipse, of learning what to expel from my life, and what to have more patience for. With that in mind, November will be me slowly picking up the pieces that I abandoned before.
How was the eclipse for you?
tinyletter #8 | Beginnings and Endings
Throughout September, I’ve had a mix of conversations with many different friends and acquaintances: A “congratulations” is often followed up with an “I’m sorry.” For those who don’t know, my grandmother passed away on the morning of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the same day that my first gallery solo exhibition opened to the public and that was the general theme of what happened in the last four weeks; having a vague comprehension that career-wise, things are going well, while at the same time, feeling numb and empty, that everything is wrong.
tinyletter #7 | have a rice day!
September brings with me an announcement: my first gallery solo exhibition.
tinyletter #6 | airmail resumption, august tarot readings
How has your July been? I hope you haven't melted in the heat wave!
On my end, summers have continued to be blazing where it's almost unbearable to even step out of an air-conditioned room -- I start sweating after just five minutes out on the street! A friend of mine recently said that heat waves in Europe are still better weather than summer in Hong Kong: our sweaty, humid, hard-to-breathe (even without masks!) summers last from late April and sometimes into mid-November! Fall is almost non-existent here.
(and I need to stop using newsletters as a way to complain about the weather...)
tinyletter #5 | still busy, still working, still surviving
I hope that those of you who are living in other parts of the world are having a good warm summer, though — what with those European blue skies and cool breezes that keep you company while you nap under a tree. Or something along those lines.
I've recently come to terms with the hard truth that I'm exhausted, burning out, and that I'm getting older much quicker than I would like to -- I'm pretty sure I accidentally freaked out some of my colleagues when I broke down during a few especially stressful mornings. But I'm okay now, am re-learning to take each day on its own, and to reprioritise my work and obligations in my personal and professional life.
tinyletter #4 | murals, ireland, and just feeling a bit out of my elements
I've had a rather pleasant, though hectic (and stressful at many moments) two months experiencing a lot of new things, and wrapping up the projects I've mentioned in the last newsletter, handling small day to day stresses while I was gearing up for the trip, as well as physically packing up the library I currently work in for renovations. I've also been taking my time regaining momentum for work and just getting my bearings again after a very lovely trip to Ireland, and saying goodbyes.