Singaporean artist Siyuan Aw has published "Our Wings As One," a debut picture book rooted in a 2018 journey to Mongolia's Altai Mountains, where he befriended Bekku, a teenage eagle hunter whose bond with his golden eagle helped Aw process the grief of losing his mother to cancer. The oil-on-canvas illustrations, evoking the styles of Monet and Caspar David Friedrich, tell a story of love, loss, and letting go — themes Aw said he could not resolve through his former career as a brand strategist in Shanghai. The book has since been published in French, launched in Paris, and shortlisted for the Hedwig Anuar Children's Book Award 2026 (Singapore's leading prize for children's literature).