In 2022, I had to leave Bandung to return to Jakarta. It’s a big moment in my life. During the trip through the congested toll road, I saw cars queuing into an 'S' looking shape that looks like it has no end nor start. Those cars made me unable to see the direction of the toll road. Seeing that scenery made me ponder about the reality that I was entering a new phase in life, leaving an environment that had accompanied me to grow for 4 years. During this traffic jam, I was also listening to a song called ‘’Run With Me’’ by Sunwoo Jung-a. Inspired by outline shape of the traffic jam that I saw and the song I listened, I drew a moment of a girl running in a meadow without showing her destination. In-between all the depiction where the girl is running, there was one moment where she turned around to look ''backwards''. She is looking at the place that she left. What I wanted to convey through this piece is that it is okay to look at the past and reminisce about the good memories, but life and time do not wait and stop for anyone. Therefore, we must keep moving forward with life. I chose use drawing as a medium because at the most basic essence, drawing is an act that leave a mark. I wanted this piece to be a mark of a new chapter in my life.
2022