Created a video to capture the pull and push of the moon one night.

I made a gif inspired by those late night infomercials trying to sell you a product for 3 easy payments. I explored the popular catch phrases tied to the fantasies of entrepreneurship and being your own boss. I feel delusional in a time like this when everyone is aiming to become the next influencer or branded personality. Is this dream actually worthy of our day dreaming? I am not convinced as we seem to entrap ourselves as we escape the corporate world and all of its overlords. Are we now our own overlords? 

The Lion Dance troupes entered the Chinatown street as the sunsets to ring in the Mid-Autumn festival on October 1st. Someone told me that they don’t usually have lion dancing for Mid-Autumn but with what Chinatown has gone through this year, we can all use more luck and protection. We shared a short laugh but we both felt in our hearts the true weight of that plea.

The drum sounded, cue the lions. People spun on their heels and hurriedly gathered to make meaning of the commotion. Family and friends sitting down enjoying a meal turn in their seats to get a front row look. The street quickly filled with excitement. Everyone knew what was about to happen. They had seen Lion Dances all their life but this was different. It seemed everyone was starved for a blessing as if they just finished a meal at a fancy restaurant where they knew they would be still hungry after.

At the same time, I feel the presence of all of us. After a year of getting accused of a global pandemic, spit on, attacked, and feeling scared you might be next: we were together. A presence to be reckoned with. We will not go quietly.

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