It’s great to be young especially in this Internet Age where connectivity brings one closer, one’s friends and family, and also a multitude of friends all over the world. No matter how many ‘friends’ one can accumulate in social-media machines such as Facebook, one can get lonely back in one’s room or abode, when the digital device is switched off. Spending time with oneself is perhaps one of the most under-rated of happiness, as can be seen by the exhilaration of the specific individuals in moments of revelry. One can be standing, moving (dancing perhaps) or just sitting down on the floor with the legs pulled back to the chest. The gay bright colours add to the façade of laughter. This work was shown in the Platform exhibition at Galeri Chandan, MAPS Publika, Kuala Lumpur, in March 2013.
Mohd Nor Hakim was joint 1st runner-up in the 2014 Nando’s art competition, which had the theme, Alive.