I found another box in my garage made of the same type of wood, mahogany, in my attic, which I used for a piece in college to represent the brain in a mixed media piece of found personal objects. I had stored memories in this part of the box this time without a lock so it gave the viewer an opportunity to be able to access the memory.
I was playing around with some ideas and decided to use a doll which my friend had sent me upon me asking for memories that relate to herself and I. I made the doll when I was around 16 out of fabric.
I put the doll inside the box with some empty lorazepam boxes to represent my previous addiction to prescription drugs.
Again I do not plan to lock the box as this gives the viewer a choice of whether they look inside or not.
Around the box are other memories, which do not relate to each other but create a narrative as the viewer begins to make associations between the objects.
