I wanted the violence of delayed understanding — a garment worn in ignorance that becomes unbearable once read. The Negidal cartilage-fiber work paired with Aromanian pastoral traditions gave me a coat that must be turned inside out to reveal its truth, a perfect metaphor for inherited secrets. The floodwater forces her to stand in the threshold between keeping and releasing. She cannot unknow what the lining says. She cannot put it back on. — Lux