This piece came from something in my life. I didn’t have an ending though. What I observed were random glimpses of probably normal behavior. The plot (the hardest) eventually came, inspired from the anthology title.
Jenny Zheng
(she/her) Mentee
Jenny Zheng is a college freshman planning to major in creative writing. This year, she is trying to incorporate more fantastical elements into her work.
Favorite Authors & Artists
Brit Bennett, Jenny Zhang, Jhumpa Lahiri
Artist‘s Statement
I like to write things in specifics, in the details and on the sentence-level, although I’m trying to branch
Story
Two Days
About a family, and how they drift in and out of things.
Story
The Brief But Passionate Life of Green Tea and Cherry
I originally planned to create snippets of various Valentine’s Day scenarios. I think I gravitated towards that idea because that day for me was pretty dull. On a random walk, I decided to make my animation more cartoony and less serious. I made my characters personified food instead of people. By the way, green tea is my favorite flavor of ice cream, and I hate cherry-flavored everything.