“If pain exists in my brain why can I feel it in my chest?”

The Past Haunts the Present is a piece about the permanence of the past. Cameo engraving is a process that removes lighter colored glass (traditionally white) to reveal dark colors; it uses specific mark making through the removal of material in order to create an image. People are like engraving in that once something has been done to a person it is permanent. There may be tricks that make marks hidden, but no matter what, the mark happened. Mistakes are covered. Holes are attempted to be filled. Wishes are made. Each of us longing to be able to go back to a time before.