I am Removed / I am Remembered
I began this book with the hope that creating a physical representation of loss would both help me place my own loss on the proverbial shelf and find ways to explore loss through the eyes of others. While researching I stumbled across a beautiful project that captured photographs of tears under a microscope (Rose-Lynn Fisher, Topography of Tears). Not surprisingly, the structure of tears of happiness greatly differed from the tears of grief. Coupling loss with landscape added to my ability to express its emotional reality. Twin accordions mirror one another with challenging topography and markers memorialized with the names of loved ones.
