The first mat immediately deprives the viewer of any realism. It places a dark sage green surface immediately below the figure, which is decorated with earth tone designs that look almost like leaf-rubbings. In addition, the sky in the first mat begins to take on geometric characteristics. By the last mat, the sky is almost entirely geometrical, as are objects in part of the foreground. However, Berlant maintains the spacing found in Singer's painting, so that when one steps back and views the series of mats as a whole, it presents the illusion of a continuous painting. Making the work even more intriguing are certain figures that Berlant has placed on the series of mats. At the far left of the work, about halfway up the work, there is a large black letter "I". This "I" is situated to the left of Singer's painting. On the top right of the work is a pinkish structure that looks almost like a flat rendering of an anatomical heart, which appears to be floating in the air like a cloud or a balloon. On the bottom right of the work is a reddish- orange structure, which disappears behind Singer's painting. While the pink structure looks like a heart, the reddish-orange structure has convolutions that one generally associates with a brain dissection. However, it also looks like a pappasan cushion. There is what appears to be a little white tree, bare of leaves, growing from the reddish-orange structure. To the bottom left of the mats, the foreground of the work becomes a mix of blue, green, and maroon geometric shapes. In addition, looking at the work as a whole, the right appears more rounded, and gives the appearance of a desert sand background. On the other hand, the left appears wavier, and has an additional wavy line of maroon, which gives it more of an ocean sand appearance. .

             I is from the 1980s. It is difficult to define the movement of art that this piece fits into because it is the work of Berlant, who might best be described as a modernist abstract artist, but it also contains Singer's work, and Singer's work has distinct realist qualities.