Childlike innocence

72.7 x 50cm oil on canvas, 2025

The chilling experience of discrimination in a foreign land paradoxically summons the warmest of memories. The time spent playing marbles, oblivious to nationality or race, reminds us that before being tainted by the world’s prejudices, human beings were inherently closer to goodness.
The white attire worn by the characters symbolizes a state of pure possibility and untainted innocence, undefined by any external values.
The transparent marbles they share serve as a visual metaphor for the forgotten love and purity once shared by all.
Beyond the recovery of the self, this work is an attempt to restore the latent will toward goodness within us.