The brick wall is a piece I feel is rich in connecting conceptual means of containment. In a personal sense, I do not quite adopt this wall into my defense mechanism, but I feel the connection comes from how others perceive my listening skills. At a young age, my mother at times would compare talking to me like “talking to a brick wall” in that I would be present but not truly listening. I still to this day tend to dissociate in the midst of conversation and interaction. The nature of putting up walls means the necessity of displaying indifference. By maintaining a neutral expression, one can be protected from others' perception of themselves. Whether they see your expression as positive or negative, they cannot be sure of the truth behind indifferent faces and what someone is genuinely thinking. The nineteen face mold holds a very stoic expression. With closed eyes and a resting lip, the treatment of each brick creates subtle shifts in areas where emotion is well translated; the line along the edge of lips indicating smirks or frowns, or compression along my brow line to show stress. A wall as a metaphor often used to describe composure, and emotional security. The expression of someone “putting a wall up” insinuates a repression of vulnerability. If a wall is strong and fortified, it takes a lot of energy to destroy a wall. The breaking of walls is synonymous with people lowering their emotional guard to express themself. Contemplate has an insinuated break in its installation to depict an aspect of releasing one’s emotional guard.