CIRCLE WITH A DOT

If anyone is wondering why I went from publishing one comic per week to one comic per year, you can blame this new coping mechanism.

First try at embroidery. Who knew that unresolved issues could look this pretty.

#Sewing
#Patchwork
#LimeGreen

Nonetheless, the migrant experience has two sides to the same coin.

For every moment of alienation, there’s one country explored, another language learned, a new slice of human experience lived firsthand, and a series of uncomfortable and exhilarating moments that shaped who you are.

When I start slipping into the spiral of displacement, I take great comfort in leafing through my diaries and fondly rejoicing in all those journeys that led me here.

Everything is fun and games about international relationships until you realize that at least one of you is always going to be the foreigner, just in different places.