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Coming Home Again And Again: Caregiver. Memory, Personal Narrative, Documentary Photography, And The Importance Of The Image In Storytelling., Nicholas Costopoulos
Coming Home Again And Again: Caregiver. Memory, Personal Narrative, Documentary Photography, And The Importance Of The Image In Storytelling., Nicholas Costopoulos
MFA in Visual Arts Theses
Coming Home Again and Again is an ongoing documentary project researching cultural, religious, societal and familial identity. Caregiver, the initial volume, examines my becoming caregiver to my mother after her diagnosis with vascular dementia. The photographs look into our reversal of roles along with changing family dynamics. This undertaking is the beginning my inquiry into my own identity by means of observing my personal relationships, life and death, what is private and public, and a spiritual reawakening. This inspired the creation of a visual narrative of how our memory of people and past events, personal identity, and our own preconceptions …
Enhancing Creative Thinking Through Open Awareness Walking Meditation, Oliver Carmack
Enhancing Creative Thinking Through Open Awareness Walking Meditation, Oliver Carmack
Mindfulness Studies Theses
A documentary which follows 8 novice meditators as they engage in a 20-minute walking open awareness meditation practice for 6 weeks. The goal of the documentary is to explore if open awareness walking meditation enhances creative thinking. This project is important because it brings together several budding research fields: creativity, mindfulness, and walking. The topic of the documentary is inspired by several studies that demonstrate a positive correlation between walking, open awareness meditation, and increased divergent thinking ability—a key element in creative thinking. The participants report many positive experiences and some surprising benefits for doing this practice. Participants report that …
Untitled Interactions: Confronting Racism In A Rural Community, Christina Hunt Wood
Untitled Interactions: Confronting Racism In A Rural Community, Christina Hunt Wood
MFA in Visual Arts Theses
As an African American living in socially contentious times, I am driven to make sense of the hegemonic structure of my own rural, predominantly white community. I have increasingly become aware of the behaviors that reinforce racial stereotypes and thwart opportunities for cultural intervention. Through the collecting of memories, archives, and observations, patterns form and act as evidence of deeply entrenched biases. In my videos, actual events, or “untitled interactions” are reenacted, and focus on the complexity of bigotry. Inspired by pop culture genres, such as silent film, cinema, and music video I create a visual language that gently reveals …