This piece combines several different aspects from both past and present into one 'total work' in a collage form, to evoke the fragility of life and how quickly times can change (especially during a pandemic).

The foreground displays an image of myself when I was younger in my 'happy place' - on holiday with the sun shining down on me. Yet, I am surrounded by a dull, mundane scene from typical life today - people of all walks of life wearing face masks and sitting on a socially distanced train.

However, dotted around in the background are various elements/props that primarily remind me of my content childhood, ranging from playgrounds with swings and slides to the red and yellow toddler push along cars that every child seemed to have.

The truth is, as children we view life through rose tinted glasses and marvel over the simplest of things, but at the same time we can't wait to grow up. And now that we are grown up and all we want to do is be young again.