The recent coup in Myanmar brought to mind my Burmese coworkers from my days in an Amazon warehouse. Many of them had escaped the constant wars and religious persecution in the Chin province. When I was working on an ekphrastic project and looking for inspirational photos, one friend shared two watercolors painted by Chin refuges. I found them haunting and, after some research, the words quickly flowed. Here is the first of those, along with the painting that inspired it.
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| By Lian Tuang |
