Crushed Ebook
by Ashley Baker
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About the Ebook
My father passed away in a car accident my sophomore year of college. I struggled first hand through the realities of coping with such a tremendous loss and the hardships of grieving. It was these difficulties that gave rise to this project. Birthed out of an idea to help those who have gone through a loss, this project was to be an investigation into how to use art as a creative vehicle to deal with and overcome grief.
This is not a “how to” or a step-by-step guidebook; it isn’t even an academic evaluation of art as therapy. Rather it is an example of how art can not only act as a communication method for the grieving, but also inspire the grieving to get their voices back. The vehicle I chose for my investigation and reflection into my own loss was art, specifically painting and photography. However, my project shows that any kind of creative outlet has the ability to heal and touch the lives of not just the ones experiencing loss, but society as whole. By approaching the issue of loss from an unusual angle such as art or any creative entity allows a person to get in deeper without all the normal messy and painful confrontations of going at the hurt head on. It is less invasive and gentle. There of course is pain, but it is much more centered on understanding your state of being rather than “fixing” the broken. This is the most key thing I believe that my work has uncovered. It is not about fixing, because anyone who has lost someone knows that there are pieces of themselves that will never be “fixed” again. Rather it is about coming to terms with the new reality of your life, finding yourself again amongst the fog of grief, and discovering ways to let life inspire you again. That is the nature of art, which is why I believe it holds such great power in helping people through coping. It gets to the core of someone in a way that no other thing can, it creates words when there are no words, and illuminates the world in a much more universal and uniting way.
This is not a “how to” or a step-by-step guidebook; it isn’t even an academic evaluation of art as therapy. Rather it is an example of how art can not only act as a communication method for the grieving, but also inspire the grieving to get their voices back. The vehicle I chose for my investigation and reflection into my own loss was art, specifically painting and photography. However, my project shows that any kind of creative outlet has the ability to heal and touch the lives of not just the ones experiencing loss, but society as whole. By approaching the issue of loss from an unusual angle such as art or any creative entity allows a person to get in deeper without all the normal messy and painful confrontations of going at the hurt head on. It is less invasive and gentle. There of course is pain, but it is much more centered on understanding your state of being rather than “fixing” the broken. This is the most key thing I believe that my work has uncovered. It is not about fixing, because anyone who has lost someone knows that there are pieces of themselves that will never be “fixed” again. Rather it is about coming to terms with the new reality of your life, finding yourself again amongst the fog of grief, and discovering ways to let life inspire you again. That is the nature of art, which is why I believe it holds such great power in helping people through coping. It gets to the core of someone in a way that no other thing can, it creates words when there are no words, and illuminates the world in a much more universal and uniting way.
Features & Details
- Primary Category: Arts & Photography Books
- Version Fixed-layout ebook, 80 pgs
- Publish Date: Jan 11, 2013
- Last Edit Nov 08, 2013
- Language English
- Keywords grief, photography, art
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