Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>When I was younger, shortly after my father died, my mother bought me a t-shirt that I loved and wore till it was worn out. On the shirt there was an image of a man, strapped into an electric chair, holding pieces of bread in each hand. A sign above him read, "Making the best of a bad situation." That statement became a mantra I held onto in the early years after my father's death. It still guides my personal philosophy---humor is key to survival. Particularly a type of humor that celebrates the fact that "shit happens", while highlighting and delighting in the irrational: who is the doomed man going to give the toast to once he is dead?</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Painting and Printmaking
- Year dc:date.available
- 2007
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Erickson, Michael Douglas
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Holly Morrison
Subjects
dc:subject × 10Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- © The Author
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/787
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarscompass.vcu.edu:etd-1786