I cherish the fleeting moments and the emotions they stir, often capturing them through the delicate art of poetry. In 2015, I gathered these reflections into a collection titled Hey, I Have Been Here, poems born from my high school and college years.
In high school, two dear friends and I ran a poetry society called Larvae Poetry Society (孑诗社). Though the society has since dissolved, and we no longer write with the fervor we once had, those memories linger like verses left unwritten. Perhaps the demands of our Ph.D. programs dulled our poetic touch. I now lost myself in Education Policy, while one friend gazes at the stars through Astrophysics at Université Paris Cité, and the other unravels the mysteries of the universe through Physics at Imperial College London.
Having lost my ability to weave poetry into words, I now attempt to capture my view of life through the lens of a camera, though my photography skills remain humble. What began as an effort to document the world as I see it—moments of discovery and fleeting beauty—has taken me from the landscapes of my own and my partner’s hometowns to the towering skyline of New York. I stood atop Haleakalā, witnessing the sunrise on one side and its majestic shadow stretching across the ground and sea on the other. I’ve witnessed sunrises around the world and paid homage to the resting places of great minds. Recently, I’ve discovered a growing passion for photographing people and animals.