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

© The Author

Is Part Of

VCU University Archives

Is Part Of

VCU Theses and Dissertations

Date of Submission

6-13-2008

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