One of the biggest challenges and heartbreak in human trafficking relief is watching someone go back into the industry that once enslaved them. One of the women that was rescued and practicing law—someone I knew for four years—disappeared last year when the support staff and directors realized what was happening. We await with open arms for her return. In this body of work, when oil is poured over the rice paper, the portrait of someone rescued from human trafficking is revealed. The “unfinished” painting awaits for this woman’s return and for her face to be revealed. I’m inspired by biblical symbolizing and the concept of relics. This alabaster jar symbolizes the oil waiting to be poured over the painting. In order to free the oil perfume from these jars, these objects had to be broken to release the contents. I incorporated the art of kintsugi to the piece to symbolize the brokenness and the beauty in the work of human trafficking relief. The mourning and joy coexist together in the endurance of this work.