THREE STAGES OF GRIEF, 2023
Having received the startling diagnosis of invasive lobular carcinoma this March, I immediately began to work in the studio to help process my new reality. The resulting piece is Three Stages Of Grief. Three Stages Of Grief is composed of three individual assemblages: This Is Goodbye, Rest In Peace, and Imposter. This Is Goodbye was my way of accepting the reality of my impending unilateral mastectomy surgery. Saying goodbye to a body part is an odd place to find oneself. Rest In Peace was the macabre thought of what would happen to my left breast once it was removed? Lefty deserved her due respect and proper burial. Imposter represents the prospect of breast reconstruction.