Spring break thinking

I've been thinking about doing a piece soon to help me in thinking about how I feel about the recent loss of my uncle. It's going to be performance. I'm thinking about nailing 55 nails (one for every year of his life) into a board one by one (size of both pending) and then pulling them all out all one by one. I'm hoping to learn something about my views on living or at least have some sort of final resolution to this ordeal.