In a non-writer's eyes, what comes to mind when she sees an egg? Scrambled. Poached. Or sunny-side-up. In a writer's eyes, however, an egg can become a symbol, a metaphor, a simile, or a motif in a play, a short story, a novel, or a poem. That's what I mean "a writer's eyes."
From my own experience, a writer's eyes differ from what she writes. For years, I've had a playwright's eyes because I worked on nothing else but plays. Since I explored literary writing, I've had a poet's eyes, a fiction writer's eyes, a creative nonfiction writer's eyes. And I've found that although the kinds of writing mentioned above belong to literary writing, a poet's eyes differ from a fiction writer's, and so on. And writing haiku gives me another pair of writer's eyes. You have to write different genres to see what I mean.
In summary, I think the more eyes a writer has the better.
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A lotus is a sacred flower. Buddha and Kuan Yin sit or stand on a lotus.
Why did I choose this title? Because I've lived in three worlds--wartime South Vietnam, the Communist rule, and the U.S. Because by birth I'm a Vietnamese, by upbringing, I'm a Chinese, by naturalization, I'm an American--I belong to three countries: Vietnam, China, and America. My writing reflects my background and my experiences journeying through three worlds. Here you'll find snippets of my life as a writer, playwright, and interpreter, and ideas I share with you as a writer.
Lotus
A lotus is a sacred flower. Buddha and Kuan Yin sit or stand on a lotus.
About Me
- Three Countries, One Life
- I am a writer, playwright, and haiku, tanka, haibun writer with a unique background. I'm a Vietnamese by birth, a Chinese by upbringing, and an American by naturalization. My haiku, my tanka, my haibun, memoir essays, my plays, my poems, and my fantasy novel reflect my background and my journey through three worlds --wartime South Vietnam, the Communist rule, and America. Because of my unique background,I belong to three countries--Vietnam, China, and America and know three languages. But I write in my adopted language--English.
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