We are what we remember. We are what we speak.

These writings take shape in the space where thought meets feeling. Drawn from oral history, personal experience, and research, they are a practice of memory across time.

Hannah Choe Abuzaineh 10/16/25 Hannah Choe Abuzaineh 10/16/25

Gyopo, Jeong, and Gieok: Reflections on Identity and Belonging

For so much of our lives, we move through spaces as projections seen through others’ eyes before a knowing of ourselves. These photos explore three Korean words: gyopo, jeong, and gieok as reflections on identity, belonging, and the body as language.

Hannah Choe Abuzaineh 9/26/25 Hannah Choe Abuzaineh 9/26/25

Memories in the Body

They say that the body keeps count. If this is true, then the body is an archive.

Hannah Choe Abuzaineh 12/18/23 Hannah Choe Abuzaineh 12/18/23

What We Carry Forward

Sometimes what we inherit isn’t land or wealth, but the will to keep going.