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In December 2022, upon receiving my grandmother's news of her returning cancer diagnosis, I began to understand how both her and my mother's existences are foundational constituents of my Self understanding. I found a box of their collective childhood handkerchiefs that winter. As a former model and lifetime seamstress, my grandmother had a strong relationship with garments. The dress seen in the video is handmade from muslin and cotton with the embroidered handkerchiefs. I went into the hills of Rochdale [where, as an 18 year old, she first moved by herself into the Seven Sisters] and performed this somatic movement piece; once, in my normal clothes, and a second time (attempting repetition of the series of movements based on muscle memory) in the Handkerchief dress. This work references 'somaesthetics'-- the bodily reflection of our internal landscapes, using somatic movement to heal psychologically and emotionally. The audio you hear is my poetry, written about her and reflecting on how we carry those that have come before us, and how to reckon with grief and death. It was set to music by a trusted friend. Please note that in installation, this piece is shown as a LOOPED video with no sound, accompanied by the LOOPED audio in headphones set in front.