Gaze/Shisen Is about the various distances found within my experience studying Asian art histories and Yaoi/Boy’s Love creators' production of manga. Yaoi/BL is a subgenre of Japanese manga which depicts male-male romance, sex, and socialitiy and is made primarily for a straight woman audience typically by striaght women authors. As I study art history, I inevitably create numerous narratives and conclusions within my research and coursework, which undoubtedly have their own widespread impact. I find that these distances (geographic, social, and gendered), which are created by a lack of first-hand knowledge regarding both myself and yaoi creator’s experiences, can create positive, negative, as well as generative creations. Gaze/Shisen is a critical and celebratory investigation of viewing and being viewed by these various subject positions and their creative products.