She has been riding since she was five, which makes it the oldest thing on this list and the one least likely to end. It also turned into a business: she co-founded OatSnax, making treats and snacks for horses in Beijing.
She wouldn't call herself a writer, or a professional artist — more someone who records things, in images and words. A Mind with No Shore is the first of the writing to be made public; the rest has been going on quietly for a long time.
The drawing and the photographs do different work. She takes photos to find things; the art is where she makes them up. Both are telling stories, just from opposite ends.
She's always in the middle of learning something. Not restlessness — she just tends to follow a thing until she understands it, then finds the next one.