My thesis circles around taiwan, the most beautiful nation, a place I’m from, a country unrecognized by the UN, suspended in parentheses. Culture ambiguity. It is the elephant in every room. The first ever film I made was about home, and my grandfather who passed away. Now as I near the end of college, I want to spend a year tracing where I come from, even from afar. As written in Minor Feelings, I really really hope this project can rinse away my constant guilt, the ungratefulness of living apart from the soft spot of my heart.

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These works were produced during my senior year. Through ongoing critiques, I developed a photo series of 8–12 images, continuing to produce and refine work throughout the year. I was still unsure about my concept when I was doing critique 1, so I excluded that series.