I was invited to participate in a group show, each artist was asked to address an ordinary woman topic, by making a dress, what resulted was extraordinary. The exhibit invited visitors into our closet, filled with many dresses and self-portraits, and encouraged visitors to consider what putting on each dress (walking a mile in her shoes) would be like. My contribution considered how Literacy and language, books and reading are as much a heritage as fine china, or silver, or your grandmother's recipes.