Welcome! I’m a Malaysian-American writer now in NYC. Like all of us, I am many things, besides my present vocation: amateur photographer, dancer, former NASA tech,  mystic (no, there’s no conflict between the last two), former Silicon Valley housewife, UMD & Bennington College alumna, Kuala Lumpur girl (Indian-Malaysian), extreme cook, auntie-at-large in the Asian arts community in NYC…

I’ve lived and loved a lot of places, and call many different kinds of people friend. Being a first-generation expat, my heart, mind and work naturally turns to issues of immigration, family, identity, culture and place; how we are defined by, and in turn define, the societies we live in.

Each of us is a universe. This website is a portal to my internal universe, worth no more and no less than any other voice on the planet. Be welcome. Read the blog, leave a comment, check out the photos or the videography. Artists of any kind who feel resonance and are interested in collaborations, I am interested in hearing from you.

More prosaically, this website also contains information on my writing coaching/editing/IT communications consulting services, and photography sales.

news

Numinous Day, a short poem by Shymala Dason, was featured on the At Water’s Edge podcast, They Are All Our Children. Hear it here.

Shymala Dason’s Big Sur photos are now featured on RedBubble top sellers.

Wayang Colors has been published online at the Hyphen Magazine website.

She is currently seeking representation for a novel, Splinters. Read the opening here.