“I Grieve As For A Lover Lost” is a series of sculpture works that asks the question of what bodily autonomy feels like in a constantly changing world. The project dives deep into the feeling of detachment from oneself and one’s physical form. Reflecting on the overturn of Roe v. Wade, women are going through an intense period of change in America, which has deep psychological implications. The loss of bodily autonomy can create a disconnection from the physical self. When control over one's body is compromised by external forces, it can drive a sense of alienation, leading women to exist in a third, dissociative state. This forced separation from their own physical autonomy disrupts the natural unity of identity, causing women to inhabit a detached psychological space where the body is seen as an "other,” a vessel governed by laws rather than by personal choice. This project was a way for me to express my own feelings of disassociation and take ownership of my “third space.”To create sculptural pieces inspired by the spaces I governed in childhood, in the now, the spaces I see in my subconscious, and the spaces I’ve yet to enter.