This pottery piece was created to represent the former disconnection between my inner child and myself as an adult. Following the pattern of left-to-right writing systems, the inner child is on the left because it existed before I became an adult.

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You'll notice that my inner child is fairly well-formed and is facing upwards, with its arms reaching out, trying to connect to the larger figure. It has 'hidden' tears, barely visible to the outside world (take a closer look, and you'll see them engraved).

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The larger figure represents me as a struggling adult CSA survivor. Conversely, it is face down, so you are unable to see the facial expression. When I was in this state, I was barely able to cope. It has stumps for arms, so it is unable to reach out and connect to the inner child.

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The perforated area on the head and in the heart and chest area represents where I feel stress whenever I recall my CSA experience. It is 2D (two-dimensional) to reflect the feeling of being emotionally flat inside. It is almost symbolic that out of the seven pottery pieces I made, only these two didn't survive the kiln process; they both got damaged.