On Longing Interpretation

"The body is the primary mode of perceiving scale."

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This image fits with this quote, because the perspective places me (a large man) inside of a popsicle (which is realistically about as big as my hand). This silly little picture depicts the idea that humans are small things inside something bigger. It's an absurd representation of the human condition.
"...capacity of objects to serve as traces of authentic experience."
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This picture represents the grandeur associated with grace bestowed from on high by God. This experience is only felt by a percentage of the population. Some people will never set foot in a church to know the name of God. This picture of a church is a monument which serves as a trace of authentic experience.

"The souvenir reduces the public, the monumental, & the 3-dimensional into the miniature, that which can be enveloped by the body."
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This illustration is a representation of myself providing a pep talk to whomever may need it. This grand optimism absent from the commons needs to be encouraged more. Without help and goodwill, no one will prosper how he or she could.

"To have a souvenir of the exotic is to possess both a specimen and a trophy."

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My girlfriend is the most exotic specimen I could share with the world. Though she is not a possession, the things she has given me are such. There are countless gifts scattered all around my room; products of her heart, given to me by her kind offer. Her hope is the best souvenir.

"... the nostalgic input of the handmade in a plastic world."
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Illustrations used to be my handmade contributing messages to the world at large. It was the sole way I could communicate my best and brightest thoughts with a mass audience, and send a message that someone would need. In a plastic world, messages like this one can be more valuable than precious treasures. There are some who are desperate to feel, and feelings are so easy to come by if only passersby relinquished a moment of daylight to smile at the meek.


These quotes come from the mind of Susan Stewart, the author of On Longing.
 
 

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