Time slows down in rest. The spaces between the reality we exist in and the ideas of the other realities around us subside. Resting can be resistance to the constraints and pressure of only focusing on the next task, of charging full speed day to day. In order to understand the plasticity of time and be able to look at death as more than just disappearance.

A lilypad is a small but critical place in a swamp ecosystem. Just on top of an uncertain, murky place full of predators is a small spot in the sun. This physical minimal space between life and death provides rest for numerous animals and insects. They both provide a path to move across depths of predators and space to sit safely in the sun.

This installation imagines a way we can bring these liminal pondering spaces into our everyday lives, both as places to rest and as a pathway to move through uncertain times. Frequently, spaces that deal with death and loss are either hyper-clinical or dark and isolating. The lily pads are a space to consider how time is always moving and to slow down enough to rest and move between spaces instead of staying isolated.