Pigs: My brothers and I are all very energetic and a little messy, and our mother often calls us "pigs" (but in mandarin), which is what inspired this drawing. Through this piece, I tried to capture my complicated relationship with my siblings; the center of the artwork depicts moments we share that are purely joyful, while the crack on the frame subtly represents the hardships we have mended.

11 in 2020: In 2020 when Covid-19 struck, I saw my 11 year-old brother's mental stability degrade over the course of a few months. It was the prime of his childhood but he was stuck at home every day with no motivation to do anything but stay in his computer world. His bubbly and optimistic personality morphed into rebellion, mood swings, and even hints of hysteria that urged him to do things that were unrecognizable to the version of my brother I knew before. As his older sister, I was annoyed with him, and I thought that I could lecture him back to "normal". After all, I had once been his age too. However, it would've been impossible for me to really understand his mental state; his opportunity of a healthy childhood was stolen away and with his brain only partially developed, what he really needed was support– support that he never received. He was falling apart like a ball of yarn and all I did was play with it like a kitten. With this piece, I hope to draw awareness to the youth's mental health during the pandemic in hope that people don't make the same mistakes I did.