Throughout the world many children make difficult choices in order to stay
alive. Some become slaves to employers that pay them little and work them long
hours in unhealthy circumstances. Stealing becomes the means for survival for
other children. This sculpture however is dedicated to those who
end up selling
their innocence.
In the year of the rat, when Tu Young was 11, she learned the way of women. He was an old man who promised a roof and food. Now she is caught in her world like a rat in a maze. She still dreams of finding another way to support herself. That is why her face is full of dreams not anger or hate.
Until then, Tu Young lives each day as best she can. Though her life is not what she dreams it can be, she has learned to find happiness in her situation. Her sister-friends understand her life, and for now she is better than if she was back on the street alone and hungry. There she was totally unprotected and frightened.
This sculpture is dedicated to all the Tu Youngs' in our world today.
Hopefully, those of us who have been born into better circumstances will take a
few minutes to remember those in the world who are not as fortunate.