6 “Modern culture is suffering an epidemic of alienation, yet so many of us feel alone in our unbelonging, as if everyone else was inside of the thing that we alone are outside of.” ~ Toko-pa Turner, Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home. I existed my whole life as a nomad. I never felt I had strong foundations, roots, or a sense of belonging to any place. In social occasions, I would often dread the question people would ask me out of courtesy and their attempt to make small talks, “Where are you from?” I would find myself taking a long deep inhale, while pausing, to contemplate the complexity of their loaded question, which to any outsider, seems so simple.