Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>The artwork produced for this thesis examines pain from three primary perspectives: medical, psycho-physiological and metaphysical. From a medical standpoint pain is explored as a phenomenon which exists beneath the surface and invisible to others. From a psycho-physiological perspective the distorted perceptions of our body can be seen while in pain, to the extent that pain may be felt in areas which are not injured or diseased. From a metaphysical perspective pain prompts us to question our existence in this world as well as the space our mind inhabits in a transcendental context. Humans create understanding by fragmenting pain into dichotomous relationships. The dichotomizing nature of human understanding led me to explore the perceptions of the internal and external of the body we have. Personal pain acts as my starting point to create art which better helps me understand the human condition.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Fine Art
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis (restricted to Georgia Southern)
- Year dc:date.available
- 2006
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Sayer, Cherie Anne
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Patricia Walker
- Julie McGuire
- Eun Sook Lee
Subjects
dc:subject × 16Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd_legacy/801
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd_legacy-2016