107cm x 92cm - I have painted these children merging into each other to show that people are all the same. Yet each one of us is different Childhood rivalry is often seen as harmless. Children competing over toys. Arguing over games. Or forming small groups against one another. Yet, what begins as simple disagreements in childhood can grow into something far more destructive in adulthood. The same instincts that drive children to fight amongst themselves evolve into deeper divisions. Shaping ideologies, nations, and warfare. What started off as playful competition turns into man against man. The echoes of childhood conflicts can be seen in the way adults engage with one another. Just as children draw imaginary lines between 'us' and 'them', adults do the same on a grander scale. Waging wars over power, resources, and beliefs. Meanwhile, just as some children remain indifferent to their peers’ disputes, many adults go about their lives, blissfully unaware of the forces shaping their world. Indifference, whether in childhood or adulthood, allows rivalries to escalate unchecked. Proving that human nature, from childhood to adulthood, remains locked in the same endless cycle of conflict and division.