A whole, or two halves?

This is an upcoming project that is personal but I hope it reaches an audience who resonates with me in some way. If it doesn't, I hope you feel some sort of emotion that makes you question "what if" or "in the future I want."

I hope it opens a discussion, whether it be with yourself, or with others.

This project is a combination of a parental and cultural approach.

The cultural being: The feeling of having to pick a side - having two different ethnic backgrounds and no sense of belonging in either, or only one of them.

The parental being: The parenting styles and stereotypes that effect how we grow, and who we become as people mentally and physically.

Together they made me reach the idea: Parental stereotypes and how they bring up their children due to different cultures.

This made me have a discussion with myself, questioning how we are raised, and if we are all raised differently due to how our parents were raised back home. Have our parents or caregivers changed their ways since moving to New Zealand? How do we feel when our parents only introduced one culture because thats just how things are, do we feel like they're forcing it upon us? Maybe they're not introducing enough? Maybe, we aren't sure how to engage or start learning with the unknown part of ourselves.