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Visual Pleasure And Racial Ambiguity, Ruth M. Owens Md
Visual Pleasure And Racial Ambiguity, Ruth M. Owens Md
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
I struggle to present work that reflects a psychological expressivity which at the same time conveys intellectual concepts that are of concern to me. It seems that the fluidity of an image can communicate a certain pathos, and correspond to the fluid nature of one’s identity. Drippy paint, distorted bodies, and vertiginous video clips can give an indication about what a body feels like from within. Depictions of these bodily feelings help to communicate ideas about what it means to be alive in general, and a mixed race woman, in particular.