MIKA21 - ALMOST HOME

"MIKA21 - ALMOST HOME" 

This painting tells the story of anyone who has ever entered a new world and wondered if they would ever truly belong.

When I was 10 years old, my parents said we were leaving Taiwan and immigrating to Canada. I was heartbroken to leave my friends behind and terrified because I could barely speak any English.

Those first few years were tough. I was teased for how I looked, the way I spoke, and even the “smelly” food I brought from home. I heard the words “Go back to your country” more times than I could count.

Canada was becoming my home, yet for a long time, I felt caught somewhere in between - I was here, but I was only almost home.

With time, I learned that home is something we build within ourselves. It is the strength we discover each time we refuse to let cruelty define our worth. 

If you have ever been bullied, or made to feel as though you did not belong, this painting is for you.

You are not alone. 

We stand together, stronger than yesterday, reminding one another that we belong, and we have always been enough.

Perhaps, with every brave step forward, we are already almost home.

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《歸屬》

這幅畫，獻給每一個曾經走進陌生世界，並懷疑自己是否真正屬於這裡的人。

十歲那年，父母告訴我，我們即將離開臺灣，移民到加拿大。想到要與朋友們分離，我感到難過；而幾乎不會說英語的我，對未知的生活更是充滿恐懼。

最初的那幾年並不容易。我曾因自己的外貌、說話的口音，甚至從家裡帶來的「有怪味」的食物而遭到嘲笑。「滾回你的國家」這句話，我聽過多到早已數不清。

加拿大漸漸成為了我的家，然而在很長的一段時間裡，我卻彷彿被困在兩個世界之間——我住在這裡，卻始終覺得這裡又不太像家。

隨著時間過去，我漸漸明白，家不只是我們居住的地方，更是我們在心中一點一滴建立起來的歸屬。每當我們拒絕讓他人的惡意定義自己的價值，便會發現，原來我們比想像中更加堅強。

如果你曾遭受霸凌，或被別人否定，那這幅畫，就是獻給你的。

你並不孤單。

讓我們站在一起，比昨天更加堅強；彼此提醒，我們從始至終，都已經足夠。

也許，每一次勇敢地向前，都在帶領我們更靠近心中的歸屬。

也許，我們其實已經 — 快到家了。

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"MIKA – THE BOY FROM THE FUTURE"

MIKA is a quiet boy from the future, where emotions are labeled “errors” and carefully regulated like faulty code.

Children are taught to optimize.
To calculate.
To suppress.

Feeling too much is considered inefficient.

When the silence inside him grows unbearable, MIKA escapes into AI simulations. Entire worlds bloom at his command. Cities rise from light. Oceans fold into the sky. Suns flicker on and off like forgotten lamps.

He can build anything.

Except the one thing he truly wants.

Something real enough to feel...

Until one day, the simulation glitches.
Pixels scatter like dust in sunlight.
And from the distortion, a small, chubby pug stumbles forward.

The pug looks up at him as if he has always known him.
The system flags the anomaly immediately.

The world resets.
The pug is gone.

The next simulation loads.
He’s there again with the same soft eyes.

Whenever MIKA feels afraid, the pug stands beside him.
Whenever he feels unsure, the pug nudges him forward.

Hundreds of adventures later, Mika finally discovers...

There was never a glitch.
The pug was never real.
He was the part of MIKA that refused to be deleted.

The warmth, the courage, and the love
MIKA created his imaginary friend. 

And sometimes, the bravest companion you ever have,
has been inside you all along. 

MIKA — 來自未來的男孩

在未來的世界裡，情緒被視為系統錯誤。
被修正。
被壓縮。
被刪除。

MIKA 是少數仍然感受到「太多」的孩子。

當現實變得冰冷，他躲進 AI 模擬世界。
城市由光構成，天空可以被重新編寫，太陽在指令下亮起又熄滅。

他能創造宇宙。

卻填不滿內心的空白。

直到某次模擬出現異常——
畫面短暫閃爍。
像素飄散。

一隻圓滾滾的小巴哥犬，從光影中走出。

沒有編碼紀錄。
沒有來源標籤。

牠只是靜靜站在那裡。

世界重置。
牠消失。

新的世界開啟。
牠又回來。

當恐懼來臨時，牠守在身旁。
當孤單蔓延時，牠輕輕向前推他。

在無數次重啟與冒險之後，MIKA 終於明白——

從來沒有錯誤。
也沒有真正的異常。

那隻狗，從未存在於系統之中。

牠存在於他心裡。

那是無法被刪除的溫度。
是被禁止卻依然誕生的勇氣。
是即使在冷冽未來裡，也選擇相信連結的那一部分自己。

有些陪伴，不需要被看見。
有些光，本來就來自內在。

而 MIKA，
終於學會了，不再刪除自己。

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