The film, and specifically the accompanying music, suggests melancholy and a nostalgic story about first love. All that comes after influences the memory of first love. When I thought of what I’d create in response, I imagined an installation with tons of shelves filled with artifacts I’d made from clay that looked like they’d come out of the bottom of the ocean – out of a past experience. I thought about objects that are signifiers of the past that take on new meaning over time. The objects on the shelves represent collections, collecting, and memories that people hang on to. Placing a number of these objects in relationship to each other impacts their meaning and interpretation. The objects converse and share their stories. The pedestals, on which the artifacts are presented, invite the viewer to question what reflects and resonates as truth and which is more valuable: the artifacts or the display. These shelves are surrounded by ethereal prints on rice paper that mirror the sculptural forms and reinforce the suggestion of memory and the magic of those experiences that form us and shape that we become throughout our lives.