"Like Flies on a Windowsill (Fear of Insignificance)"

1994. 4' x 8 1/2'. Mixed media.
i had read an article about John and Jane Does in New York City and the process that happens before disposing of the body and i became fascinated by the idea of dying unnoticed. So i made some phone calls to the Washington State Patrol, Missing/Unidentified Persons Unit and i talked to an officer there and told him i was working on a project for school... he answered some questions and sent me a copy of the packet that they have to fill out every time they come across an unidentified person. i thought about what it must be like to die and to have no one notice that you are gone... it must be much like the flies in the corners of my windowsill (which says a lot about how often i clean my windowsill) only i did notice them but i didn't care. The similarity here is that they both have a feeling of insignificance to them. Hence the title and the piece.