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Ancestral Tides

Watercolor, dried banana leaves, and paper on wood panel

18 × 24 in.

2022

From ChiChai's first solo show "Matapang at Walng Hiya // Brave and No Shame"

ABOUT MATAPANG AT WALANG HIYA // BRAVE AND NO SHAME

Dedicated to women -- especially my fellow pinays -- that's continuing on their journeys of unlearning that there is no shame in

standing up for ourselves

what we want

what we feel

and know is right.

This is to us

to us learning that all the above is an act of bravery

not things to shy away from.

This is also a love letter to my younger self.

For the girl that got called "matapang" in such frequent negative connotations,

she became tongue-tied

not knowing how to stand up for herself.

Bb girl Chi

Can't say I've mastered boundaries setting for us, but

Ancestral Tides

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