Yu Jie's works are all about the realisation of a sense of self- consciousness. She pays attention to the fluctuating capacity of self-consciousness and captures keenly the living with the self. She talks about how people experience and try to reconcile with their inner selves in the midst of complex social realities and embrace the power of softness and tolerance. She documents in her work the emotional turmoil that is immediate and intimate, but universal. For her, art must be intrinsically connected to her inner life.