Yuko Oda

And just doing that allowed me to feel like, okay, I'm not going to lose my momentum.

I might just need to say no to things that I didn't

don't feel is aligned to what I need to do and just cut out the excess.

Yeah, it was really eye opening.

And also the first part that I really appreciate is how you ask us to kind of place where we are in the trajectory of

the art career and I felt like I definitely grew from last year, from a year ago when I did it.

So that made me feel very clear about where I am and then also where I have to go or where I want to go.

which felt like so nice because before that I had, I was like a floating bubble.

Like I wasn't sure where, where I was.

So I, how could I know where I'm going?

But now I know, now I know where I'm going.

I think that being part of networks,

made me feel surrounded by people who are like me, but different.

But then there's also a mutual respect and understanding.

I didn't expect such a supportive and generous community, but the people I've encountered and I've connected with have been just so supportive.

So I did not even know what that would feel like.

And now, well, one of the things that I want, I was reflecting on, okay, what do I want out of my art career?

Yes.

And also as an immigrant and I was an international person and female and Asian and all these things, it feels like sometimes hard to kind of move forward in some ways.

To me, network feels a very feminist movement because I know we have male members, but they're all supporters of the women and we all support each other.