Episode 94 - Conversation with Tasha Jun: Exploring Identity, Belonging, History, and Faith

I am so excited and honored to have poet, storyteller, and author Tasha Jun on the Still Becoming Podcast. I have long admired Tasha's work, and I am so grateful to share this conversation with you. We start the episode off with Tasha reading her incredible poem, "Yellow is a Protest," I imagine you will also be left speechless at the power and beauty of this poem Tasha wrote and reads. In our conversation Tasha shares with us some of her own personal experiences as a biracial Korean American woman, the lies of assimilation, and part of her own journey to where she is today. We also discuss the rise in violence against the AAPI community in the year 2021, and how violence against Asian Americans in this country has a long history. Tasha also describes her incredible lens of “nourishing the Imago Dei within, and nurturing the Imago Dei in one another," and the beautiful idea of loving one another by being "deep in the details" of the uniqueness of each one of us. I can't stop thinking about this phrase. Tasha describes the transformational view of when we dismiss the pain of others, we dismiss the pain of God. We also talk about the importance of representation, and so much more. I could've talked to Tasha for hours, and I can't wait for you all to hear everything Tasha shares in this episode. Tasha is a melancholy dreamer, a biracial Korean American storyteller, wife to Matt, and mama to three little warriors: two wild boys and one little lady. As long as she can remember, she’s lived and stood in places where cultures collide. Writing has always been the way God has led her towards home and the hope of shalom. Yellow is a Protest https://tashajun.com IG - www.instagram.com/tashajunb  Monthly(ish) newsletter - bit.ly/3C1JDtb For more Still Becoming find Monica at monicadicristina.com, and on Instagram: @monicadicristina. Sign up for the newsletter too!