Growing up with chefs as parents, I never had the need or opportunity to learn how to cook. As I moved away from home, I realized how much I missed the Fuzhounese flavors that filled my home and my heart. Faced with hunger and homesickness, I call my mom.

What is one thing that your parents did for you that you want to continue for the people you love? ‎ ‎ ‎

Soundtrack for this story is Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 in E Minor.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

brain, mouth, toes, heart, skin, bones‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

Can we track emotions through heart rate? I monitored mine for a week to see what moments made it change.

Did you know that Ancient Greece thought that anger came from the spleen? You do now. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

A journey of cultural reconnection sparked by a song. A never-ending journey where there's always something new to discover. What is culture to you?

There’s just something about a prickly, unfriendly vagabond going through a life-defining character arc to become a well-developed paragon of goodwill

The human experience is powerful. It leads us down a path that we unintentionally walk. Our fates, destiny, or whatever you'd like to call it, is not predetermined, but is heavily influenced by our visceral experiences.