Female Nude Ceramic Sculpture WIP
Her body is posing for the camera, but her mind is faraway. This is my read. What’s yours? Do you daydream or wish you were somewhere else?
The White Crane Mountains
Snowflakes shimmered in the moon light, feathering upon the White Crane Mountains, yet they never touched the ground. The legendary white crane intercepted them to keep its feathers heavenly white—a curse the White Crane villagers whispered to one another for generations. The snow brought the bone-chilling air that split their lips and cracked their hard-working heels but not the moister the villagers desperately needed. The dry season lasted until April. Then it came the Plum Rain in May—as if the spell was broken, heavens broke with it too.
Held in the Body series—Unchosen
When a young girl is unchosen by her family and culture, she loses her agency for life.
Does your people pleasing come from a survival need?
If you google terms like people pleasers or people pleasing, you’ll find many articles on this topic, including definitions, symptoms, causes and how to stop being a people pleaser. In this post, I don’t intend to repeat what’s already out there. Instead, I’ll do an honest deep dive into my own compulsion to please people. What you’ll discover is that underneath all the unhealthy sacrifices I make for people is a baby who desperately tries to make her mother smile but fails miserably every time.
A Discussion on Childhood Depression
Do adults underestimate the complexity of children’s emotions? Many of us think children are open books. They cry when they’re in pain. They laugh when they’re excited. Because they reveal their emotions so freely, we assume they’re simple and transparent beings. This assumption could put us in a situation where we ignore or underestimate the complexity of our children’s emotions.
Held in the Body Series
Held Ground Every time you say “no more,” you grow stronger. So, take courage and hold your ground.
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.
This is How I Created God of Abundance
Pottery project entitled, God of Abundance. This piece is designed and made by Roulan Mu.
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.
An Eyebrow-raising Pottery Piece That Will Make you Smile
I named this piece Ah-Bug because it reminds me of my uncles squatting by the rice paddies in their colourful bandanas, having a smoke. Ah-Bug means uncles in my Hakka language. Just to be clear all my uncles wore paints 🙂
