← Reading Room

Why I Started PeonyTofu

PeonyTofu started with poetry.

Some thoughts came easily. Others stayed with me for years because I did not know how to say them. Eventually, they found another way to be shared. That is how the images began.

By the time a piece is finished, it no longer belongs only to me. It may remind someone of a quieter time, a familiar place, or a memory they have not visited in a while. I like that.

I am not looking for people to understand exactly what I meant. I would rather they find something that feels true to them, even if it is completely different from where the piece began.

If something I made can stay with someone a little longer than expected, then PeonyTofu has already become what I hoped it would be.