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Snip, Snap, Snout: This Tale Is Told Out, Crista A. Ames
Snip, Snap, Snout: This Tale Is Told Out, Crista A. Ames
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Mythology has shaped human thought and experience since before recorded history. Passed from one generation to the next, myths elevate and aggrandize realities that are difficult, complex or horrifying. This is what makes us human, an inspiring capacity toward metaphor and the ability to make beauty, lyricism and splendor—order from the chaos. Within mythology, the cause and effect of both misery and joy may be explored in their wholeness. In this act of imaginative translation, we may come to understand how misery and joy are naturally coexisting.
In my thesis exhibition this tale is told out, I use the layering …