When you care for someone, and they are going through something, the hardest thing is to be far away from them. When my father had to have back surgery, I was in another state at college. I could not stop worrying about him and so I channeled that worry into something more productive. This project is inspired by my fathers back problems and the natural curve of a spine. Most people take their backs for granted, but my father who has an arthritic disease that attacks the spine knows to take nothing for granted.