The Essay - Black and White: Yin and Yang

Black and White: Yin and Yang

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In this series of essays, five writers talk about what black and white evokes for them. Writer and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo remembers the lessons she learned from her father as a young girl growing up in Zhejiang province, eastern China. They have stayed with her through her adult life, guiding creative endeavours and personal development, shaping the way that she understands the world.


Published on Wednesday, 1st February 2017.

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