The Museum of Contemporary Art currently has two exhibitions on display; one is called “Dirge: Reflections on [Life and] Death” and the other is “Sara VanDerBeek.” One work of art that struck me the most was Pedro Reyes' 2011 Epitaph. Reyes' works are often intended to physically engage his viewers in order to shift their social and emotional expectations. The Epitaph invites its viewers to imagine a future in which they will no longer exist, and then create a short message that conveys the life the viewer has led or hopes to lead. Reyes points out one advantage of this type of therapy, which is that patients who participate in this work or art face a certain degree of mortality. In today's world we are constantly surrounded by death, but we never stop to ask ourselves if, if it were our last day, would we be truly happy with the life we ​​have led? When we get into the “Linge: Reflections on [Life and] Death” exhibit I was immediately drawn to Epitaph. This installation was created in 2011, and represents one of Reyes' largest interactive projects, Sanatorium. The main things that this piece is made of are threads and pieces of paper that are fixed on them and placed differently in each row. When I first saw this work I completely overlooked it because it didn't look like any other artwork on display. I decided to go back and look into it and realized that it is so simple and yet so profound. Looking at it from further away it seems disorganized and messy, but upon examining it more closely I began to realize what is really happening. The detail was not found in the overall appearance of the work, but was found within the pieces of paper that were displayed in previous artworks. One of these works is Epitaph; It's simple, but requires a lot of attention. Many people will never know what epitaph will be written on their gravestones, but when you participate in this installation you will be able to choose the words that will tell people about you and the life you led. The point Reyes makes is that patients who participate in this work or art must accept their own mortality. Death surrounds us constantly, but we never stop to think that it could happen to any of us at any given time, and if it did, how we might feel about the life we ​​left behind. Works cited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland." MOCA. Np, nd Web. 07 April 2014. "Epitaph". Pedro Reyes. Np, 2011. Web. 07 April. 2014. .