The formation of a transnational identity is a journey. A transnational embarks on this journey as she constantly travels between the two places she calls home: the state of Texas in the United States of America and the city of Metro Manila in the Philippines. Understanding herself through her experiences empowers the transnational to adapt to her surroundings and cope with the stresses of maintaining familial and social relationships across borders.

This thesis attempts to visually articulate the formative processes involved in the proponent’s search for a transnational identity and embody said processes in a thesis work done on paper. The acts of painting on, tearing of, and re-arranging paper comprise the creative processes the result of which is a seminal work that represents the proponent’s transnational identity. Presenting the work along with the video documentation of the processes allow the viewer to go along on the journey and reflect on their own identities traversing through their own experiences.

Keywords: transnational identity, journey, process