Year
2024
Medium
Acrylic, soft pastels
Size
42 × 25 cm
Themes
Environmental ruin, abandonment, resilience

A girl walking alone on the street encounters an origami crane, which takes her to a world filled with things abandoned by humans.

Despite seeing the masks she once discarded and sensing the crane’s sadness, she chooses to keep ignoring them, as people ignore the fate of what they throw away. The story reflects on that repeated indifference: these abandoned things are also moments that ask for attention and recognition.

A lonely girl, illustration by Xuanyi Guo
A lonely girl Walking alone on the street.
Encounter, illustration by Xuanyi Guo
Encounter The girl meets the origami crane.
The abandoned world, illustration by Xuanyi Guo
The abandoned world
Sadness, illustration by Xuanyi Guo
Sadness The crane’s sorrow.
Wonderful things are passing you by, illustration by Xuanyi Guo
Wonderful things are passing you by
NextReflection not mine