I'm not doing well, but I'll live. I'm doing well, but I still remember.
— From a message in a bottle by Hongkongers
Two years after 2019, in June 2021, a group of anonymous Hongkongers exchanged objects for stories and feelings at an exhibition in Hong Kong. These were imprints from that period, carrying the shared language and mindset, common hopes and concerns of Hongkongers. These familiar, ordinary objects held the originally ordinary thoughts of Hongkongers. In 2024, five years after 2019, a "little artist" in exile re-illustrated these ordinary yet true stories, like messages in a bottle, hoping they reach those who understand.
