and who I am in all of this?

A background character? An illustrator? A wife and mother? A daughter of my own watery homeland. A reader, watcher, listener. Someone with endless questions and a willingness to wait?
This process has been unlike any other (and yes, I have been pregnant and given birth during the productions).  I have been making little illustrated books since I was a child, three of which have been published and recognised in various ways, thousands of which were collaborations with the stories of others and encouraged self reflection and celebration. This has been my most distant work (or so it seems at 9:22 which might as well be 3:00 a.m. as I wake and sleep to nurse, change diapers, shake off nightmares, and feel the world getting bigger and smaller with the in breaths and out breaths of my husband and child). So very much is not in these pages, so very much has come about because of what these pages would hold.  Let there be background music and let it bring joy. Stories do not end, we just run out of pages,

or perhaps the stories themselves leave the pages altogether, to live in our posture, our hands and our mouths. The story of who I am is also woven into the work we have done together.

Titles?

So we need a cover and title...Hmm. Youme thinks it needs to be basic in an elemental kind of way and not too complicated. Something that just states whatever it wants to say, I suppose. I see her point. It's a good point. I agree. But we still need ideas.

Shall we make a title in connection to the documentary Nuoc? Shall we work with water? Reflections? Not sure.  I had a concept with mirrors but now I don't think it'll work well. Perhaps it will be better if we look at the overall picture and perhaps some inspiration will come up to tie everything up?

Update

Hello!

We apologize for the lack of recent posts. Life has gotten super busy for everyone. Youme and Hai are mostly done with their pictures. Khanh is still working painfully. We've shared our pictures and have general texts and storyline down. Hai and Youme have a title page for their story, which is lovely. We've got another printer under consideration.

Next scheduled meeting was moved to this coming Friday. Previously, instead of meeting, we emailed updates. Youme has gone out of town with Song. So Hai and Khanh will have a Comic Meeting this Thursday (before the meeting with the Mentor).

That's about it so far. So there isn't much to update on, per say...


Take care,
Khanh