As a Japanese artist living in Toronto since 2003, Leeay has encountered many conversations with foreigners about Japan, allowing her to see how they perceive Japan from the outside in a way she has never anticipated in the past. Most recently, she was struck by a vision of Japan, imagined by a friend of hers, to be a place of minimalism and Zen with perfect organisational skills. Though such a humble and orderly lifestyle may remain common in existing Zen and Buddhist temples to this day, the modern pop cultural, capitalist Japan is pitifully highlighted by consumptions and followed by mental and spiritual illnesses.
For the NON NATIVE NATIVE FAIR, Leeay explores this unique space between her position as a Japanese living ‘inside’ Japan for 21 years and her position living ‘outside’ Japan for almost 18 years. With an attempt not to attach to individual images or scenes with particular feelings, she explores how the process of making transcends into a form of meditation practice, despite its restless aesthetics and continuous stream of audio. This approach is inspired by Sakshi Bhava, the attitude of witnessing our mind without engaging with each individual thought or memory so that introspection practice becomes easy. 
While some source materials were taken in contemporary Matsudo, some are rather older and
profoundly personal photos of her family and ancestors, which she was able to retrieve before the demolition of her grandfather's house. While her methodologies generally remain as collecting, collage, and improvisation, this non-linear narrative video making is a rather newer approach in Leeay's practice.