Go on a journey with local Asian market worker, Alan Chong Lau and you will learn just how beautiful the mundane can be. This set of poems taught me about the community I live in, in Seattle. Not just about the people, but the cultures, the tensions, the purpose of the schedules that folx keep and the beauty of the language that speak. From words to food to moments and traditions. 

Alan retaught me joy in soft and silent moments. When we’re thinking we’re bored but really just missing out on an opportunity of observe the moments around us. To glimps moments, finding meaning in them, or create meaning. Because meaning always exists and that just beautiful.

Creativity is a pivotal part of who we are and Alan retaught the power of activating mine in the simplicity of everyday life.