"drawing a breath"

I was not really sure how to handle the "draw a breath" assignment at first.  I knew that I wanted to illustrate the idea of capturing a breath so i decided to experiment with some balloons.  Putting ink inside the balloons helped to illustrate the influx of air and also added a somewhat lung like quality in the fact that the traces of dried ink inside the balloons resembled the capillaries inside of lungs.  Once i filled all of the balloons with ink and "breaths" I decided that the piece would work best if all of the balloons were linked together and suspended from the ceiling.  This position represents the weightlessness of air and the breaths that we exhale.  The three "anchors" are balloons filled with a mixture of water and black ink.  These may represent the toxins in the air that we inhale which keep us from our "full potential" or "weightlessness."  The mirror that the three water-balloons are placed on is there to provide an alternate view of the installation because it is always good to get a second opinion.  The American flag is for class and style.