I am a queer Chinese cultural worker and multidisciplinary artist from Las Vegas, making installations & fiber art as a way to return home to the soul. I create artwork in community with sentimental items to regenerate the objects with new life & to connect more closely to the people I create with. I explore themes of creative production & labor practices as they pertain to reconnecting with one's heart-width. Labor sustainability, inter-generational activities, & care are also important to my practice. I as well as my mum both work in a casino, a place where I find it’s very easy to leave your body and to fully indulge in escapism. The way I make my garments, performances, and community initiatives is to counter this by creating intentional objects and places that allow me to fully nourish my body and heart, as well as creating space for others to experience this as well. Collaboration is deeply instilled in my practice. I allow for conversations and mutual storytelling to be infused into my work, oftentimes changing and growing with the people that interact with it. Chance encounters, slowness, and “Interbeing” are big proponents in the process of my art practice. Interbeing means a philosophical concept rooted in ethical living, mindfulness, and compassionate action. In my spare time, I co-organize TWYN: Take What You Need Art Supplies, an art supplies mutual aid effort pollinating across Las Vegas. @twyn.artsupply