Today is week 4/53 of #TWmemorymondays! I asked my dad what his earliest memory is, and his response is below. My dad, Stephen, grew up in Hong Kong. He was the middle child of 5 boys - in the picture be is the farthest to the left on the front row. (The young girl in the back was his cousin.) I loved what he shared! I love those memories where it's just an ordinary details of life that stick with you through each decade. Watch me paint this piece via instastories.

"Honestly, I can barely remember the time we took this picture. I believe I was about 4 or 5 years of age. As I remember, life was simple back then. We were a very ordinary family of eight living in a small two bedrooms apartment. We didn't have much to play or to wear. The name of the game at that time was sharing. We shared food, toys, clothes and of course beds. But I never felt lacking. One funny thing I do remember until today is that one day my dad bought a wooden bench which could turn into a bed. That became my bed since then. We called it the "new" bed. Even after many years later, we still called it "new" bed. That's one of my childhood memories." - Dad
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#TWmemorymondays: A painting inspired by a memory every Monday of 2018. Connecting abstract art to real life. Week 4/53. 'New' / 8x8 in / mixed media on paper