Editorials
home 
six years later, i return home as a woman, a daughter, a grandchild, a friend and as the guardian of my inner child, the feeling is immense - truely feel the generational shifts in my city as i roam past the lanewyas we used to walk every day after school, or as mum speaks about her grey hair nonchalantly but with the weight i can no longer ignore

for the past 10 years, home has been this stored-away idea of innocence in the past, timeless yet almost untouchable, forever reachable yet never reliveable, it's like i've been in denial of that

this time around something feels different - as i sit at family's dinner table listening to everyone bickers in dialect, or as i look into my childhood best friends' eyes and feel a glimpse of their lives > home is here, home is now, home is everywhere i allow myself to embrace and love, and home is my family, blood or chosen

as these costumes grace my body - traditional costume from Miao people, a part of my ancestry: "the intricacy of these costumes is a reflection of Miao People's experiences throughout Chinese history with all their highs and lows: these costumes are the essence of the past and aspirations towards the future; historians refer these costumes as 'wearable artefacts", i honour that healing is also in communion - with my people, land, traditions that made me who i am, for which I am eternally grateful

creative direction, styling, HMUA, post production by MaggZ
captured by mama MaggZ