“Aquifer” is a project that draws upon my experience with loss, and explores the possibility of acceptance after loss. Disorienting environments visualize the protagonist’s confusing emotions, leading her down a path where she hopes to reconnect with her grandmother, but which inevitably ends in disappointment. This project evokes a feeling of dreaminess through the combination of fantastical environments and constantly shifting forms of the monster, fish, and grandmother. “Aquifer” emphasizes the idea that death, although terrifying, is a part of life, and one can always find happiness in being grateful for life itself. This is represented through the goldfish, which is dying at the beginning of the film, but is reawakened by the end when the protagonist finds acceptance.