a student's response to our installation from K. Johnson Bowles, 'For Better or For Worse and Other Mixed Messages'

from Sierra Campoli, class of 2008:

I feel like I'm in an old, deserted farmhouse at sunset. The flies are swarming everywhere. There are signs of a life that used to exist in this old house with chipped old wooden windows and doors. The doilies have been left, some discolored from the sun, others collecting dust. The crows remind visitors that the life in the old farmhouse is gone. Many happy marriages entered and left. Now all that is left is the color of sunsets on the drapes. The crows try to hide in the doilies and drapes, but you can't deny that the only life left is in the flies that swarm inside.