Welcome to Roulan Mu’s creative space …
where stories are told through writing and sculptures.
Sculptures
Child-bride
Misunderstood
Uncertainty
Play
Witness in silence
Title: My fierce protector
This sculpture depicts the moment my father pleaded with his elders to keep me in the family.
Without him, I would’ve been sold as a Tung Yang Xi (a child/baby to be raised as a daughter-in-law) when I was a baby. Please check out my short story ‘The White Crane Mountains’ below. It’s fiction but based on the events surrounding my birth and birth registration.
Short Stories and Blog
The White Crane Mountains Part I
Mu Han The White Crane village was buried in the morning mist. It was mid-winter. The air was dry and unbearably frosty on Mu Han’s bare feet. It never snowed in the White Crane mountains no matter how cold it was. The first hour of Chén Shi had just begun. Faint rays of sunlight danced…
A Memoir about Love: From My Father to My Child
This is a story about how my father in spirit mended my heart in a dream so I could find my way to a new relationship with my child Credence as they grow and evolve into the person they want to be.
A Pottery Urn for An Amazing Cat
Our beloved cat, Holmes passed late last year. We miss him a lot. I made a pottery urn to hold his ashes. The urn is made in his image.
