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

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