This pot was a technical nightmare and is still a work in progress.  The central vessel was thrown on a wheel while the vertebrae and ribs were hand-built onto the altered structure.  To make the vessel represent deflation or exhaling, the ribs were lifted off of the face of the pot into suspension.  As they dry, even desperately slowly, they warp and twist into each other and some of the more brittle ones break off.  Since this stage of its progress shows the concept the best, I chose it to represent the idea as a whole.