This is a work about the unrecognized grief stemming from my adoption from Nepal.
As a child, I lost my biological parents, but did not recognize this loss as grief.
It felt like an emptiness I could not place. By immersing myself in the effects of adoption, I now better understand where these feelings come from and can turn them into something I can process.
I went back to Nepal, my native country, there I tried to find the origin of my grief and close off a part of myself that I had left behind there. This search for my identity reopened my grief, but also contributed to my healing process.
To process my mourning symbolically, I perform a performative cremation according to Nepalese tradition, which represents rebirth and return to the roots of my origins.
As a child, I lost my biological parents, but did not recognize this loss as grief.
It felt like an emptiness I could not place. By immersing myself in the effects of adoption, I now better understand where these feelings come from and can turn them into something I can process.
I went back to Nepal, my native country, there I tried to find the origin of my grief and close off a part of myself that I had left behind there. This search for my identity reopened my grief, but also contributed to my healing process.
To process my mourning symbolically, I perform a performative cremation according to Nepalese tradition, which represents rebirth and return to the roots of my origins.
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