In *Not Now*, Yoshitomo Nara renders one of his signature wide-eyed child figures in pastel, acrylic, and colored pencil on paper, capturing the raw tension between innocence and defiance. The muted, layered tones of the mixed media lend the work an intimate, handmade quality while amplifying the subject's sullen, inward expression. True to Nara's practice, the piece distills complex emotional states into deceptively simple imagery, inviting the viewer to confront feelings of resistance and solitude.