Ana Scripcariu-Ochiai grew up in Japan with two homelands, Japan and Romania, knowing little of the second, and in a strongly conformist society she was often judged by her appearance, left in a suspended state between the two, both and neither. From such personal questions her interest shifted to the social structures behind them, and to holding fast to the connections between herself and the world around her in order to believe that she was not alone. Her work, which includes installation, photography, video and painting, centres on the bond between land and people with attention to all living beings, and this book carries her wish to connect 'I' and 'you' under the line: the beginning of my journey is the beginning of yours.