Conceived during the pandemic of 2020 “The Other Side of Hope” instills a sense of nostalgia for fragments of a past that in reality was not so long ago; a sense of awe towards nature; unanticipated facets of oneself discovered during these chaotic times. Kobuke seems to be depicting something like a fleeting dream or a parallel world. He wants to convey the new emotions that fluctuate between despair and distant hope through a more complex technique of color layering, which in “The Other Side of Hope” gained depth and wavering.