Qing Xu Oral History Vignette

In this vignette, I ask Qing about why and how she composed a piece about water. She tells me that the ocean was something she longed for as a kid. Armed with images of water from TV shows, movies, and books, she tried to compose a piece about the ocean she dreamed of. When I asked her if she had constructed an idea of America in a similar way, she tells me she had never thought of such a thing. Despite never really wanting to live in America, she still found a home in Coralville when life happened to bring her here.