LISA WILLIAMSON ART
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Graduate School Work: Thesis in Progress, focusing on trauma
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One day there was a little girl who never dreamed of getting married. Her only dream was to become an artist. 

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And she was. She cooked and cleaned. She had dinner on the table on time, just as he liked it. Every night. 

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One day he told her, "I can't walk with you because I am gay."

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But, as little girls tend to do, she grew up and met a boy. They fell in love and he asked her to marry him. 

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She birthed two of his babies and stayed home to raise them. She even helped to raise his child from another mother. 

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And even though she had done a lot for him, she didn't know how to do that. 

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"Yes!" She cried. "My dreams can wait! You are the most important thing in my life and I will be the best wife EVER!"

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And all this time he worked very hard to provide for his family. 

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Two months later he returned and said, "Just kidding. I'm not gay, I just never loved you!" And he started a new family. 

The Wedding Dress is made from toe tags from a morgue that have been soaked in goats blood, my wedding veil and petticoat, copper and steel wire, a dress form, watch parts, metal trinkets, beeswax and fosshape. Each toe tag contains a wedding vow, wedding date, and wedding city. There are 500 tags on the dress. By the end of the project, I stomped on the tags with muddy boots. 
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