What am i trying to communicate???

For my FMP i'm trying to focus on two subjects relating to the word PARENTS.

Light

With the light, and glow in the dark experiments I was trying to get across the idea of the child becoming the light of the PARENTS life, and how the child may change the perspective of the parent and bring the joy and happiness, so i'm trying to make my piece bring joy and happiness to the audience, hence why i feel an interactive piece will be more suited as people can enjoy the joyment of doing/experimenting, with what i have used but also, to create something visually quite joyful, I am deciding whether or not to use EL wire, similar to Dan Flavin's style of work, which i feel brings a sense of joy because of the light in a darkened area.

Here from www.glow.co.uk, I have found EL wire for £14.95, this might be used to create the shapes i'm looking for, and create a nice light look.

Looking at Ron Terada, he has created a contrast also, using light and shadow, using the words me and you as seen below.

I like this as this is similar to what i'm doing using light and shadows, to create a contrast between the two.

Also similar are Tracy Emin's neon lights, except her work is personally about herself, which creates a very personal feel to her work.

Shadows

With the shadows i'm trying to create the sinister look, showing child abuse and violence toward the child, the retracting from the idea of light, and the turning it around to look at a more sinister side to the parent to child relationship.