my left fin

With this work I wanted to explore my feelings towards my experience in grief group as a young child. I am questioning how much it helped versus how much it hurt.
I made a pink whale to represent myself at 3 to 4 years old, the pink fabric screamed little girl to me and the shape of a whale was cute but also was a strange animal to have lying on the floor. i removed one the the fins and then reattached the fin to show my awareness of my loss. the inflating and deflating of the whale became like the people in the grief group trying to help, and also became a very sad and pathetic aspect of the piece.
Kat Riley
My Left Fin
fabric, plastic, yarn, air pump
2'X 5.5'