The Heart in a Box

The box holds the heart, the true essence of anxiety and fear for its owner. The box becomes a proxy of sorts for the emotions that are discarded by the holder. It becomes a vessel to contain what is ostracized, what is seen as revolting or defective. They project their abjection in a way that they want to put it away so that they do not feel compromised. He does not see these anxious, revolting, uncomfortable emotions necessary for the functioning of a “good” life. It does not seem to be about control but more about reasoning with reality and some form of survival.