"11 Steps towards Happiness is an 11-piece mixed media collage work. These 11 steps are appropriated from the 11 Steps to Survival issued by the Canada Emergency Measures Organization. (Find the e-text at: www.ki4u.com/survive/index.htm). Because a major nuclear war involving North America remains is theoretically foreseeable, the organization wrote this instruction for all. I chose to elaborate on it because it is a typical first-world article and a perfect reflection of a bubbly modern life. I created illustrations for all of the 11 steps and made them look like pages from some instructor booklet or children’s book. I want these illustrations to be full of misguiding naivety: in them, a typical “happy family” demonstrates how to attain happiness. I think it is naïve enough to try to control something so immensely threatening like a nuclear war, even though it has never really happened. I also think it is too optimistic to think that there can be an effective defense system against it. I hope that viewers can realize that it is impossible to defend the human species in an event of nuclear disaster, and that there is a huge difference between an ideal sweet life and one in post-disaster times. Step 1: Know the effects of Step 1: Know the effects of nuclear explosions. Step 2: Know the facts about radioactive fallout. Step 3: Know the warning signal and have a battery-powered radio. Step 4: Know how to take shelter. Step 5: Have fourteen days emergency supplies. Step 6: Know how to prevent and fight fires. Step 7: Know first aid and home nursing. Step 8: Know emergency cleanliness. Step 9: Know how to get rid of radioactive dust. Step 10: Know your municipal plans. Step 11: Have a plan for your family and yourself.