Reflection

This piece was inspired by my travel to the countrysides, where I witnessed large amounts of plastic waste scattered across fields, riversides and beach. I felt a deep sadness and helplessness—no matter how much I picked up, the pollution returned within seconds. This photograph, rendered in monochrome blue, shows a girl bowing under water, surrounded by flying plastic pieces shaped like fish or bullets. It reflects our guilt toward nature and the mourning of what we’ve lost. The girl can be seen as either nature personified or a human overwhelmed by the consequences of pollution. My artwork shows a girl bowing under water, surrounded by flying pieces of plastic that resemble both fish and bullets. She may represent nature or a human weighed down by environmental guilt. The monochrome blue creates an underwater world—calm, but also heavy and suffocating. The plastic seems to float like sea creatures, but at the same time it hints at destruction. We rely on plastic, even as it poisons the world around us. It’s loud with human desire. People need it, crave it, and produce it endlessly. This contradiction is what I wanted to express—how something we created for comfort and convenience has become impossible to escape. Through this project, I realized how deeply tied we are to both nature and pollution. My message is: "We bow not in respect, but in apology—to oceans filled not just with waste, but with our own endless desires."