A couple of weeks ago I posted about going into therapy to treat my decades long post traumatic stress (Tiananmen Massacre, etc.) and coincidentally a Cuban artist asked me to pose for him. I agreed to collaborate with him on a series of drawings and paintings of my body. The timing of this project is perfect as I just started to learn to love myself, which is the most difficult part of the therapy. I was brought up in China to believe I am not good looking therefore I have to study/work very hard to get anywhere. My parents never said Im pretty, nor have any Chinese friends or strangers. And as a female in China, I was made to believe I cannot have both: career and love. I chose the former, and suffered for decades... Now Im working hard to change that mentality. I am reminding myself that Im a human being who happens to be female, so I deserve my basic human rights. Sergio Lastres, who escaped Cuba on a raft, knows about human rights and freedom very well. So far hes done two drawings of me, which Ive posted. Today he just finished this one. Its compressed charcoal on paper. I must say he made my boobs and hips bigger and prettier. Gracias, hermano, Sergio! xo
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 02:53:40 +0000
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