Love, to Trang Hý, is not merely a word but a quiet current flowing beneath everything she does. In this conversation, and through the delicate elegance of áo dài, she offers her love as both a whisper and a declaration. It is love for her roots and her own becoming, love for those who have walked beside her, and love for the art of connection itself. Each photograph carries the softness of tradition and the boldness of selfhood; each answer, a testament to the courage of vulnerability. What follows is her love letter: woven not of ink, but of gratitude, presence, and the shimmering poetry of being alive.
Five things you are most grateful for in life?
I am grateful for a simple yet tender family, and for a childhood warm enough to gift me the lens through which I see happiness.
I am grateful for a life that feels like a string of small miracles, where each version of myself is found, shaped, and reborn along the way.
I am grateful for the souls who have entered my orbit – sincere, unguarded – allowing me to witness the beauty of human connection in all its colors.
I am grateful for the quiet moments when it is just me with myself, listening to the purity of my own being.
And I am grateful for those who walked beside me, who loved me even before I learned how to love myself.
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Looking back, when did you first believe in yourself and in what you do? It was the moment I rooted myself in the work, not for the applause nor the outcome, but for the sheer truth of my connection with it. |
| Do you have any ritual when you create?
When creation is pure, I let feeling arrive first and create as it breathes through me. When creation is for work, I study forms and frameworks, then weave them together in my own rhythm. The way I connect the fragments: that is where my essence lives, that is where it becomes mine. |
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Have you ever lost yourself so deeply in the act of performing that Trang Hý no longer exists, only the performance itself?
Yes, when I am in deep dialogue, whether with one person or with a community. In those moments, there is no fear, no constraint, only ideas flowing, kindness carried forward in words that belong to everyone.
Has any object, seemingly ordinary, ever given you profound inspiration?
A pencil rolling between my fingers. A sip of coffee from a beloved cup. A stray melody from a simple instrument. Inspiration hides in the smallest things.
Is there a message or energy you always wish to embed in your work?
Perhaps unconsciously, but always,
I wish to embody courage.
The courage to seek truth in oneself,
to turn toward goodness,
and to believe in life’s small miracles, even in its flaws and unfinished edges.
Something you hope will be remembered many years from now?
If anything endures, I hope it is the memory of “me” and the many “selves” I’ve been gathering courage to connect sincerely with others in the fleeting, sovereign moments of being.
An act to express love?
In action, perhaps through an embrace, or words that remind someone of their own light.
But if love could be anything, then it would be the unflinching honesty of presence in the very moment.
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A verse to stand in place of spoken love?
“Arrived, arrived Here, now Solid, free Returning, resting.” – Thích Nhất Hạnh |
| What comforts you at the end of the day?
The presence of someone who understands me and truly sees what I have lived through. |
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A beautiful moment when you think of love?
The moment when someone is brave enough to lay down all their fears, judgments, and self-imposed definitions—to love and be loved with unguarded, wholehearted sincerity.
Thank you, Trang Hý, for this conversation, the dialogue not only opens a window into Trang Hý’s world but also leaves a quiet space for each of us to hear the gentle whisper of our own hearts.
Interview Trang Hý
Dnnly 2025 | @dnnly_vietnam
Contents: Phạm Việt Thắng
Graphic: Thiện Tài, Vân Vân, Việt Thắng
Art Concepts: dandu
Photographs: Chiron Duong
Supporter: Hai Man
Model: Trang Hý
Set Design: @gon.s_saigon
Plant: @affor.est
