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Necessary Myths, Jessica Ramsey
Necessary Myths, Jessica Ramsey
MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture
My thesis essay was inspired by my search for a belief system that could transform despair over what will be lost through climate change into valuing what we still have. In researching the earliest iterations of belief structures, I came across the Maros-Pangkep cave paintings. These paintings are the oldest known works of art, and by my interpretation the first evidence of religious life. They are a series of representational paintings which tell a story, and I was inspired to emulate this methodology in my own exploration of belief.
My essay investigates the relationship between images and religion. Through W.J.T …