The three concepts I decided to create revolves around cultures clashing. Often when two cultures clashes with each other the individual is forced to choose one over the other. I wanted to incorporate this into the first piece through symbols and colors. Red in most situations stood for an eastern ideal, specifically Vietnam. The blue represents western ideals, such as America. The first concept depicts a red hand surrounded by a blue smoke. The red hand represents the Vietnamese culture I was raised in and the blue smoke represented the American influences. The hand is covered with a very Eastern pattern showing the main influence, however blue repetition of the same pattern starts showing up showing the slow effects of the Western influences. The second concept is a red portrait. The red portrait is then covered with western influences such as gauges and tattoo which is not normal or has a bad connotation if eastern cultures. The phrase " Who Am I Now?" portrays the confusion the individual feels as the two cultures fight to dominate the other. The last concept is of a broken fortune cookie. Fortune cookies are often associated with Asian restaurants, however they were invented in the United States. The fortune cookie is a good example of a product when two cultures clashes. The fortune cookie is surrounded with lotus flowers and roses, the national flowers of Vietnam and America respectively. The fortune says " Choose a Side Already" showing the pressure of many Asian American to assimilate and leave one culture behind, usually their eastern side.