Confrontation Series: Poking with a Needle

This is a performance piece where I confront a memory of mine when I was in primary school. This is created in an attempt to heal from what strikes a fear within me. In the memory, my mother said "Since caning you is no longer effective, I need to be creative in my punishment. I am going to poke your knee with a needle." She then proceeded to continuously poke me with the needle. I pretended that it was not painful with a poker face. When she saw that it was not effective, she left me on my own. In the confrontation, I re-experienced the emotional pain in my body, regaining the awareness of my mental state when I was punished during then.