Hong Kong was famous for its high-speed development. HK people’s rapid hustle life has made HK a place of international and it is a unique place where Western and East Asian cultures were fused into an irreplaceable spectrum. However, recent HK development is not as fast and diverse as it used to be. Moreover, the soft aspect of culture seems to be lost and was slowly changing into a boring high developed city where the life-like specialness is fading. But I still believe, in HK people’s hearts, it is still a strong place to hold on to, and the inimitable culture is always living inside of HK people’s minds, forming a hidden collective conscious that is hard to express rather than experiencing it by yourself.

A Snail was used as a metaphor for HK as a whole, carrying its shell as a house, where our soft power and cultural things are placed into it. The body was drawn and filled with many iconic economical buildings out of HK’s business district, likened to the meaning of moving forward by the economy. The head was filled with objects that represent HK’s core values. The bottom of the snail was filled up with HK People and many HK iconic characters. HK people is the foundation to support the whole body and guide HK to move. It is much slower than in the past but it is always moving forward! The Chinese word at the top left means “support” in English or so we say in HK as the slang “add oil”. Thus, the whole work is showing the spectrum of HK in my perspective. It also is a work that expresses my feeling toward this society when I was starting to graduate from Highschool and getting into the society where responsibility takes in.