The inspiration behind this installation was to symbolize Beth's depression and the strength it took for her to overcome this disease. Our goal of this project is to represent the hope that Beth now feels to combat depression. Our inspiration came from Beth's story she shared with us in a follow-up interview. One of the last organizations that she worked with is called HOPE. She was asked to deliver a speech for the organization and had one of her best human service speeches.  On her trip home, as she was reflecting on her speech, she looked out the window and saw a rainbow, which she felt was representative of the way she now lives her life, with hope. After a couple of iterations, we finally landed on a project using a milk jug theme that has been cut up and spray painted.  One can see the beautiful colors of yellow, light blue, and pink to represent the hope and warm feelings she felt when coming out of that speech.  There are also small dark pits inside of the milk jug to represent depression itself. As one walks away from our project the idea for them is to be left with not the darkness of depression but the hope that one can use to overcome it.

I walked to the car door with the sun beaming down on my face. Out the window a rainbow as far as the eye can see. The sense of beauty and hope filled my spirit. I would always remember that day as the eyeopening rainbow just popped with beauty.