Living with the Spare On explores the coexistence of contradictory emotions; the delight and distress in beginnings, the mourning and freedom in endings, the inevitability and unraveling of time. The work sifts through generational legacy and ritual, the complexity of the mother daughter bond; what we hold on to and what we shed. The author captures surrender and wonder within the cracks of our chaotic daily lives; through the singularity of sound, the beauty of taste, the tangibility of touch, allowing us to look backwards and forward at the same time.