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2" diameter and 4" tall japanese paper, recycled passports, and a kitchen preserves jar
Secrets kept hidden can be dangerous especially those kept due to social stigma or embarrassment. Rape, sexual assault, cutting, stealing, eating disorders, gender and sexual identity and the like can cause lasting personal pain to both and individual as well as an institution. As with a physical wound, psychological wounds are healed one tiny stitch at a time. They leave permanent scars that become the fabric of both victim and perpetrator. Once let out, bottled secrets can also be bottled blank pages ready to tell a new story. The story of the people that inspired this piece can be found here: The Pingry Survivors.