Title:Carry the Future, Not the Past Artist: SKING Medium: Mixed Media on wood panel
In Carry the Future, Not the Past, honors the strength and dignity of the mother as both a literal and symbolic carrier of generational hope. A woman strides forward with her child secured tightly to her back, balancing a basket of oranges atop her head. As a few oranges fall behind her, she does not turn back—her head remains high, her gaze forward.
The falling fruit represents the parts of life we must sometimes release—burdens, expectations, and even tradition—to protect what matters most. The child wrapped in bright cloth is not only her present, but the future she safeguards.
