DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/EK32-S673
Defense Date
2007
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Painting and Printmaking
First Advisor
Holly Morrison
Abstract
When I was younger, shortly after my father died, my mother bought me a t-shirt that I loved and wore till it was worn out. On the shirt there was an image of a man, strapped into an electric chair, holding pieces of bread in each hand. A sign above him read, "Making the best of a bad situation." That statement became a mantra I held onto in the early years after my father's death. It still guides my personal philosophy---humor is key to survival. Particularly a type of humor that celebrates the fact that "shit happens", while highlighting and delighting in the irrational: who is the doomed man going to give the toast to once he is dead?
Rights
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Is Part Of
VCU University Archives
Is Part Of
VCU Theses and Dissertations
Date of Submission
6-13-2008