In The Daily Grind, Mr Phantom transforms the clock into a relentless cycle of labour, ageing and aspiration. A running figure progresses through stages of life within its face, suggesting a lifetime spent pursuing goals that continually remain ahead. Above, a faceless suited figure releases a trail of coins while a small red house hangs from a fishing line, turning familiar symbols of financial stability and home ownership into instruments of pursuit. The composition questions a system in which time itself becomes currency, exchanged through decades of work for the possibility of security later in life. The Daily Grind reflects on the human cost of chasing a future that can remain permanently just out of reach.
