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She’s not your average superhero; she’s just like any of us, vulnerable to being hurt and feels fear.

 

The installation portrays several elements that depicts the story of what happened. The cruciform in fire represents the British soldier, defeated and in the verge of retreating. However, with the faithful heart of iron, Sybil strongly believes that the allied forces will return stronger, greater in force knowing the Brits knows no surrender. This belief in her renders the idea of her holding onto a spirit of a fighter, the resistance against the cruel Japanese military. She is the spark of of hope - thus the Japanese gun form of the art shows the idea of her bravery to hold up against the bad.

 

In life, we are also fighters, with strong faith, bravery and no fear, we can overcome challenges of life. Her believe in God also raises her spiritual support in the midst of hardship and suffering.

 

While battling the evil for the good, the result of war has its negative consequences - death, destruction, poverty and famine, chaos and even poorer quality of life. The battlefield of the war is represented with the old wooden plank with holes, while the bad treatment of the Japanese to Sybil and the local folks can be imagined by the hammered nails of the mannequin.

 

Long story short, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak, vulnerable in the mortal world, but the aftermath of the conflict has never been pleasant for all parties involved.