"The N Days and Nights of Stray Cat Ah Ju" tells the story of the aristocratic orange cat Ah Ju's escape from the luxurious but confining villa life, and the story of experiencing survival challenges, group bonds and self-growth while wandering in the city.
Ah Ju was originally a pet of a wealthy family. Although he enjoyed favorable material conditions, he longed for the freedom outside the window. One day, he broke through the screen window and escaped, and got his first taste of wandering: from being chased by stray dogs and foraging for food in trash cans, to joining an underground cat group and learning to compete for territory and cooperate to survive; from accidentally being poisoned by poison bait and being rescued by a strange woman, to reuniting with his childhood playmate, the domestic cat Snowball, and witnessing the depression of being in captivity. In the paintings of street artists, the kind feeding on the balcony of the old woman, and the cross-species mutual assistance with rats during heavy rains and floods, Aju gradually understood the true meaning of freedom - not escaping responsibility, but maintaining dignity in the struggle for survival.
The work depicts the spiritual epic of stray cats with delicate brushstrokes, embedding the mirror image of human society in the animal narrative, not only showing the cruelty of survival in the jungle, but also praising the stubborn light of life on the edge, conveying the profound philosophy that "freedom comes from the pursuit of the true nature of life."
The intention: not to evade responsibility, but to maintain dignity in the struggle for survival.