**I thought I could quickly come up with a number of adjectives to connect the idea with my tribe. No doubt, at first thought, it was easy for me to relate to the place and culture I was born into. However, I realised that I had not managed to list what I wanted to express by using single locations or adjectives. It was as if the space seemed very blurred to me, having studied in the UK from undergraduate to postgraduate level, including COVID and lockdown (I have not been back home in China for a year and a half already), and I felt as if the relevant memories in my head stirred up London and China, my hometown Quzhou, and the places I had lived before. I felt caught and suspended in the gap between those spaces. Of course, in China, I have my family and some old friends, the places I loved( FuShan Park, etc.), the food, and the familiar culture. In London, my favourite friends, art galleries, pubs, unpredictable weather, and so on In my opinion, I think my idea of a tribe, as it stands now, is not a space with clear geographical boundaries for me but more of a warm, inclusive, and supportive inner space formed by memories and experiences from my childhood, family, friends, and people who have supported me, mixed with different countries and cultures (** - Image #4 <@593927541375631421>
I thought I could quickly come up with a number of adjectives to connect the idea with my tribe. No doubt, at first thought, it was easy for me to relate to the place and culture I was born into. However, I realised that I had not managed to list what I wanted to express by using single locations or adjectives. It was as if the space seemed very blurred to me, having studied in the UK from undergraduate to postgraduate level, including COVID and lockdown I have not been back home in China for a year and a half already, and I felt as if the relevant memories in my head stirred up London and China, my hometown Quzhou, and the places I had lived before. I felt caught and suspended in the gap between those spaces. Of course, in China, I have my family and some old friends, the places I loved FuShan Park, etc., the food, and the familiar culture. In London, my favourite friends, art galleries, pubs, unpredictable weather, and so on In my opinion, I think my idea of a tribe, as it stands now, is not a space with clear geographical boundaries for me but more of a warm, inclusive, and supportive inner space formed by memories and experiences from my childhood, family, friends, and people who have supported me, mixed with different countries and cultures