DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/F0T3-9H94
Defense Date
2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
Fine Arts - Ceramics
First Advisor
Andréa Keys Connell
Abstract
Are the threshold experiences encountered between waking and sleeping similar to the liminal space between life and death? The sights, sounds, and bodily sensations experienced in the unconscious void blur the lines between the unknown and our conscious existence. Using the figure, I portray how the body might exist in these transitional moments. Through my investigations into sleep paralysis, dream states, and notions of an afterlife and the soul, I explore how we perceive the self in these altered states of consciousness.
Rights
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Is Part Of
VCU University Archives
Is Part Of
VCU Theses and Dissertations
Date of Submission
May 2014