Christopher Turner's Inventory/The Tokens is a fairly melancholy piece. I felt bad that these mother's had to give up their children because of desperate circumstances. It doesn't help either to imagine the process that these mothers went through to decide an appropriate token to leave with their baby. They had to choose something memorable that they could remember in case they would later be able to reclaim their child. But not only did it need to be memorable for them it needed to be memorable for the hospital in hopes that the hospital would keep their little one safe. This process was probably incredibly heartbreaking. The mother's may have wanted to find something that they felt could keep their baby "safe." Whether it was a little token of hope or encouragement the baby's mother probably wanted some peace of mind to know that even though she was unable to take care of her offspring someone else could. Some even left half of something so that if the mother became able to care for her baby she could come back and reclaim it.
This just makes me think more about the token or souvenir I'm going to create. There has to be a lot of thought that goes into it - it can't just be a few items thrown together. I need to channel the energy that these mothers had in order to create a very memorable token.
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