lam expresses his observation and concerns in his works regarding environment, life and culture. lam has created a lot of works about polar bears because he wants to use the image of the polar bear to compare its situation with ours. polar bears are trapped in a space that does not belong to them, or their living space is being taken over or changes by other people or factors. lam believed that the state of being a polar bear could be very similar to the environment that each of the individuals lived in.