Fire+Words: The Geography of Depression

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dc.contributor.advisorJones, Janet A.
dc.contributor.authorGauthier, Catherine
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-08T17:25:04Z
dc.date.available2021-03-08T17:25:04Z
dc.date.copyright2020-12
dc.date.issued2021-03-08
dc.date.updated2021-03-08T17:25:04Z
dc.degree.disciplineVisual Arts
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMFA - Master of Fine Arts
dc.description.abstractThe topics of violence, feminism and depression are discussed as they all have an integral part in the artists practice as an abstract painter. A portfolio of my art practice has been included to exemplify and to support the idea that fragmentation is both a result and a consequence of living in a world that is no longer solid but liquid, as per the thoughts of sociologist Zigmund Bauman. Some key points of Gestalt psychotherapy are used to describe and explain the experience of depression in conjunction with the creative practice of feminist collage work, abstract painting and other creative practices such as poetry. Some causes of depression are discussed using the landscape of the art world to a womans inner and outer worlds experience. Ultimately, the thesis invites us to choose to engage mental health issues not by using the subtle code of discretion of Slavoj iek, that is language and alienation but by re-inhabiting the geography of our existence, re-sensitizing the body with the presence of the other person and with great anticipation.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/38202
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectAesthetics
dc.subject.keywordsabstract art
dc.subject.keywordspainting
dc.subject.keywordscollage
dc.subject.keywordspoetry
dc.subject.keywordsviolence
dc.subject.keywordsdepression
dc.subject.keywordsdesensitization
dc.subject.keywordsfeminism
dc.subject.keywordsemotional geography
dc.subject.keywordsgestalt therapy
dc.subject.keywordscounselling
dc.subject.keywordssomatic psychotherapy
dc.subject.keywordsliquidity
dc.subject.keywordsSlavoj Žižek
dc.subject.keywordsChristianity
dc.titleFire+Words: The Geography of Depression
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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