Continuing my work in exploring interactive art, I expanded my approach to illustrating with sculpture. Creating a four-by-six-foot puzzle, multiple marble mazes, a crankie box, my own version of tic-tac-toe, two automatons, a fishing game, and a drop-in answer box. I continue my narrative from my series, Dead Eyes Full of Stars. Ellie the Cyclops has died as a young child and is now stuck in limbo. Starry has been tasked to help Ellie through limbo and become her own star. Achieving the afterlife and forever peace. In limbo, they are stuck with other lost souls. Once a lost soul becomes corrupted, it becomes a fish that eats other lost souls for a chance at the afterlife that will never come. The longer a fish, the lighter and crazier they become. Ellie hasn't realized she's dead, stuck in denial. Ellie's convinced she's a superhero, and Starry is her sidekick. He goes along with this as they travel through limbo. Audiences move the story forward as they play with each sculpture. In the end, they get to choose which fate Ellie has: stuck in limbo forever or reaching the afterlife.

With this installation, light is a huge component. On the window of my space, I put vinyl cutouts of the fish circling the puzzle in the center of the floor. Depending on the time of day, shadows are created from these cutouts. The shadows cover the sculptures, giving an oppressive force of lost souls reaching through limbo.

I kept bright colors to reference children's toys. At first glance, my installation appears playful, which it is. But, it is also filled with the pain and confusion everyone can relate to, of losing someone forever in death. I think one of the most harmful things we can do is ignore death. It is important to learn how to live with your grief, as it will never leave you.