The Touching Rooms

<p>The Touching Rooms are a place of encounter between the living and the dead. We traverse the stages of grief through memory, dreams and magical realism, through language and music. In this work, I explore how paying attention, the art of seeing and describing, helps us through deep loss. Our daily rituals and everyday goodbyes are practice for the larger departures from our lives. In the series "The Touching Rooms," there is a mysterious town in Denmark where we may meet our dead beloveds. In a café of many dark rooms, objects and art, books and conversations, spark memory and carve portals for connection and healing. There is no real closure, we simply grow new chambers in the heart to carry grief with us in meaningful ways.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English and Theatre

Grantor dc:publisher

Eastern Kentucky University

Year dc:date.available

2022

Author dc:creator

• Mattheussens, Kimberly

• Creative Writing

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2022 Kimberly Mattheussens

Repository record dc:identifier

https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/741

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:encompass.eku.edu:etd-1739