"Burying Violet" is an homage to a life that once could have happened. Liminality, or a state of transition between one stage and the next, is a reoccurring theme across the series of paintings. Circumstances that can not be controlled are constantly altering each step of life, permanently changing who a person is. Due to these circumstances, lives that were once wanted and could have happened now seem distant yet nostalgic. There is a need to pause and mourn for each of these people that almost were.