This collage is a protest against the expectation of passive peace in the face of oppression. Set against the bright lights of a stage, the figure turns away, refusing the performance of compliance. Their stance is quiet but unyielding, a refusal to play along with society’s demand for silence and submission. The cut-out words resist the pressure to “be all peace, love and mungbeans” when injustice is pressing down. It captures the tension between society’s demand for complia