I recently visited my birthplace. We moved away when I was 5 and I hadn’t been back in decades. My parents are immigrants so we have no familial connection to that place. My parents also sold the house I grew up in so sometimes I don’t feel like I’m from anywhere. I brought home a tiny sample of birthplace #clay to make art with so that I could try to process and heal this disconnect.

I’m curious if you have a connection to your birthplace and if you could explain what that’s like.