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TEAM 7

Markand Thakar
Mina Cheon

Artist and educator Mina Cheon and Markand Thakar, music director of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, are collaborating.

photo by Jason Okutake

HAND to HAND

Please HANDLE with care.

I have funny-looking hands
They measure my water retention
Cutting paper dolls, scissor hands
Double-jointed funny-looking thumbs
My new series of artwork is all about my
Childhood spending hours cutting out paper dolls
My mother was never around (blame it all on the mother)
She would give me 100 Korean won as she left each day
And with that I would buy myself the paper dolls to play with all day
My lifeline is too short.

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