Date of Award
Spring 6-1-2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Painting
First Advisor
Yasi Alipour
Second Advisor
Amy Sadao
Third Advisor
DJ Hellerman
Abstract
Abstract
An Abundance of Caution
3 puffs and breathing stabilizes...
Must have been the pollen last night.
Quiça
An eerie sense of emptiness takes over
And incidentally
The inability to express and verbalize any articulated thought.
Quiça
I seek sensations...experiences. To indulge.
The fascination with dreamscapes hails from the daunting lack of them.
Poooooxa
I listen, imagine, and process scenarios around me
In a precarious attempt to interpret and translate instances into something meaningful.
Oxalá, Matéria pictórica.
Oxalá.
I see my shadow but only an elusive silhouette
I observe the way it follows the wall and fades into the sidewalk, in tandem with the headlights in traffic.
Meanwhile, celestial bodies wave through the clouds
Nó na garganta
Foda-se!
Esqueci-me da p*#a da roupa...
Eloquence is easier when one speaks little
It acquires its own intonation and volume, but even today I wonder why I don’t speak more.
Outrora fantasma?
Accusations of neutrality and silence are recurrent:
“Breathing doesn’t count”
“Even when you speak you are silent”
Pestanejo,
E respiro fundo.
Afinal, o que é querias dizer?
Quiça
Recommended Citation
Jorge, Gonçalo Preto, "An Abundance of Caution" (2024). Masters Theses. 1330.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/1330
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