Date of Award
Spring 5-20-2016
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Visual Art
Degree Type
Thesis
Abstract
This thesis is a back and forth conversation I have with myself, my work, and a departed friend. These words thread together a belief, and lack of belief in an ontological infinity. I discuss how the loss of a friend relates to my work and my ever-changing thoughts in regards an eternity that I view as impalpable. Throughout my studio practice and poetry, I create a personal symbolic system in order to soothe my ephemeral thoughts around my knowledge of mortality. This system of iconography and meaning eases my ever-questioning secular mind as I try to find significance in life and in death.
Language
English (en)
Program Director
Patricia Olynyk
Program Director's Department
Graduate School of Art
Committee Member
Richard Krueger
Committee Member
Richard Krueger
Committee Member
Cheryl Wassenaar
Committee Member
Andrea Stanislav
Recommended Citation
Block, Candice J., "I Do Not Pray, So I Paint" (2016). Graduate School of Art Theses. ETD 53. https://doi.org/10.7936/K7GX48TG.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/samfox_art_etds/53
Included in
Art and Design Commons, Metaphysics Commons, Other Philosophy Commons, Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons
Artist's Statement
www.candiceblock.com
Permanent URL: https://doi.org/10.7936/K7GX48TG