By Reimena Yee
For the past few months I have been thinking about my political role as an artist. It is very strange to be at the point (both maturity and career-wise) when I must assert my intention as a person who tells stories and produces images/words for the world at large. I believe words and images have meaning, therefore they have impact. But what does impact mean on my own terms?
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By Reimena Yee
I recently published a mini-comic for Malaysia's Independence Day (or Merdeka, as we natives call it), which can be read here. Besides the standard raw emotionality that has become a trademark of mine, it was my first attempt at code-switching and bilingualism in comics โ a bilingualism that is key to the understanding of the story and emotionality of Bahasa, rather than a mere translation of one language into another.
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Talked a lil bout 2021 plans, reading the Iliad, a bit bout Alexander Comic, and some random things https://blog.reimenayee.com/the-iliad-digital-island-project-2021-a-comics-movement/
I think bout combating imposter syndrome and having confidence as an Asian-living-in-Asia femme creative and so far, here's what has helped: (thread)
I don't know who needs to hear this, but you're allowed to have "small" dreams. Just because all you want is a quiet life doesn't mean you're worth any less than those who dream of going into space.
