"The Abyss of the Mouth" Lillian Chen，Age 17

The work represents the appearance anxiety that women experience due to the words spoken by others. The mouth symbolizes speech and also eating - and the woman burying her head in the mouth full of stones represents being trapped by these words and also an attempt to escape. Through this work, Lillian hopes viewers can reflect on the fact that the harm of language can sometimes be as deep as that of actions.