The Beginning of A Story is an essay in the form of performance. It is a retrospection of my experience of managing the healthcare affairs of my mother since her stroke in November, 2015. In the story, I recall my actions, feelings, thoughts, and my relationship with the surroundings—such as the people who were involved and those I encountered along the way. It is a personal declaration of my temporary departure from the “me” who had been deeply buried with the healthcare affairs, welcoming new possibilities for the relationship between the present "me" who recollects and the "me" of the past three years. It also marks the moment I began turning outward to the public, sharing these private matters.

 

The performance is a document produced during my residency in Can Serrat, Barcelona. Constructed organically, it incorporates my ongoing presence into the narrative, presenting a collection of dialogues between my memories and daily encounters on site—including its natural scenery, architectural space, and fellow artists who shared their time, feedback, and personal stories. Those beautiful encounters on site not only become part of the narrative itself but also, through their presence, become an integral part of this performance.

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It is a prologue leading to a bigger picture—a future narrative that continues to deliver autobiographical material from this period of my life. By sharing these stories through art, through myself as a performer, and through our shared presence with the audience, I hope that my mother, who has always encouraged me to speak up, can continue her communication with the world.