This piece is meant to represent the gifted girls I worked with when I was involved in education. The girl has been given her first piece of armour.The viewer is invited to see this fear, this defiance, and to recognize that this pain is being caused by people she loves and trusts, because the items are embraced by the doe. These people truly believe that these covers and restrictions are the best thing for her. Like teaching her to walk in high-heeled shoes now that she is too old to run barefoot.