Budding Innocence

The character is based on real life, epitomizing contemporary young people: burdened with heavy pressure, holding down two jobs, as if being torn between "two selves" — mechanically going through the motions of daily repetition, yet yearning for an escape amid inner struggles. Dependence on medication to fall asleep reveals mental exhaustion; the yellow rose hanging down from the edge of the bed is a desire hidden in the folds of reality, fragile yet bright.

The artist uses a surreal "one person, two sides" approach to condense the division, predicament, and hidden hopes of urban youth under pressure into highly relatable visual symbols. It directly strikes at the spiritual pangs of modern people caught up in life, allowing viewers to empathize, through the painting, with that complex state of mind — one that still harbors a faint glimmer of light amid repetition and exhaustion.