The discarded stuffed animal is our dog’s toy. He enjoys looking out the window with the bear in his mouth and leaves the toy when he’s no longer interested in it.
The placement of the bear in addition to the contrast in lighting reminded me of when kids grow up, they tend to get rid of or ignore stuffed animals they used to play with. The background through the window is supposed to represent the world we enter and explore upon growing up, in the process leaving behind childhood.
The emotion I was intending to portray is not exactly sadness, but an extension of it. Not that I know of this personally, but I can assume the process of letting a child go to be their own self and move into the real world can leave a hollow feeling. Their old belongings being a reminder of what used to be but is no longer.