#ouevre

[de-rochester]

"There’s something dark in me that he cannot get rid of."

— Evan Morte

[theeloquentsnake]

To my minimal number of followers,

that I love very much:

@afellowslytherindemigod and I have started a blog for our writing creations. We hope to have it up and running in between today and tomorrow. We also discussed that our blog will be open to any artists (wether it’s writers, artists, musicians, etc), but just please run it by both of us, so we know what’s on our blog.

We’ll be sure to post the blog’s name later on today or tomorrow, so if you’re interested, be sure to check it out. Any feedback and comments will be appreciated as it is you guys who make our blogs so wonderful.

Thanks ;)

[theeloquentsnake]

@words-on-our-minds

Is our (@afellowslytherindemigod and I) new blog! Please check it out!

[de-rochester]

Morte, morte!

Evan Morte

[de-rochester]

I closed myself to silences and evil. My heart is a ruined and playground of lost innocence.

Evan Morte

[peterbuchmanartwork]

This is a study for a larger piece titled ‘Shadow of A Doubt’ graphite, charcoal & wash on a pretty nice piece of cotton rag. 18x24 #drawing #sketching #ouevre #type #shadow #contemporaryart #shadowwork #b&w #perspective (at East Hampton, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Ysq3tJl-i/?igshid=s5s725nvc6k7

[erinmorganmcki1]

Fabulation

Fabulation is a creative reimagination of the past. Adding “afro” to this idea (afro-fabulation)  is to understand it as a creative reimagination of the black body’s past. Kara Walker creates multiple works exemplifying the idea. Kara Walker creates silhouettes of antebellum past and has them acting out the myths of slavery. We call these things that she understands to be true in her heart about slavery a myth because it is not based on hard evidence. For example, she could recreate a slave raped by a black man, but it is no one in particular, and even if it was there is no way to know what happened. Therefore, she is left with her imagination to complete her images.  This sense of leaving unknown information to be interpreted creatively can contribute to Fanon’s idea of triplication. According to Fanon, when a black body is in triple, they not only carry the weight of their awareness but of their ancestors as well. It becomes more than just an “I’m black, somethings wrong with” feeling to an “I carry the weight of my ancestors and what does it truly mean to be black” feeling. But when a black person enters the thought process that happens during triplication, they begin to imagine what their ancestors did and who they were because up to a certain point they don’t know who they were.

[erinmorganmcki1]

Applying Jeffrey's Ideas To Mental Health

     In The visible Cripple (Scars and Other Disfiguring Displays Included) Mark Jeffrey's, professor and professional author, claims that it is better to mask disabilities in pictures to present oneself as what is culturally accepted as usual. Jeffrey's illuminates this idea with anecdotes of his past and introducing the philosophy constructivist epistemology. He uses family stories and pictures to establish credibility with his audience as well as using indirect emotional appeals. Full of strange and exciting things, Jeffrey's was bound to tug at a few hearts. The first thing that was strange and stuck out is that this was a family of “cripples” already and they chose to have another one. Maybe it wasn't mentioned because the author was young when his brother was adopted, or maybe it wouldn't have fit into the outline of the story, but it's hard to  imagine an adoption agency wanting to give this child who will need a lot of help and assistance to a family with more than one disabled person. That seems like such a financial strain. Then it was interesting that Jim never had a desire for legs and also that his mother kept pushing him to feel “normal.” Throughout the story, it would appear that there is a tug-of-war game between comfort and conformity. Is it better to separate the two in the time of need like Jeffrey's family or should you pick whether you are going to always conform to societies expectations or be comfortable with your disability no matter what?          The standard way of thinking about a disability would be a physical disability or a disability that is visible. For example, the limitation in Jeffrey's story was a physical disability; his brother had amputated legs. My paper would like to compare and contrast Jeffry's arguments pictures with a disability that can be visible and one that can be hidden. Although Jeffrey's does not say so directly, he assumes that physical disabilities are more susceptible to pity and misunderstandings than mental health issues, because physical disabilities are easier to spot.            As an illustration, there is a picture of two of my little sisters and me. I was in the nine, Leslie two, and Jordan one. I was in this afterschool program called the prodigy where kids would express themselves through various arts. My chosen pathway was dance. My mom wanted me to take as many pictures with my sisters as possible that year because it would be the last year they lived with us. More to the point my sister Leslie, who was two at the time, is autistic. A child cannot be diagnosed with a mental health issue until a certain age, but as my mother had suspected, she has autism. Madison, on the other hand, was just a very ill impressed child until about the age of three. I say this to explain further why neither one of them were smiling in the picture, just me. Jeffrey's would be happy about this idea of unity and bond between the two younger sisters. To him the photograph makes it appears as though I was only excited because it was my night and they were too young to understand my joy and excitement. This also would be the reason that this is one of the last few moments that Leslie wouldn’t be looked at differently from Madison or anyone else for that matter. Jeffrey's would be proud of my family for making this conformity last as long as it did.            On the other hand, what happens when applying his ideas to a picture where the issue is mental health. The image I am choosing to use for this experiment is a picture of me before my homecoming dance senior year. In the picture, I was still seventeen, and I am wearing a style inspired by Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé, and a girl I saw on my Pinterest. At the time it was hard for me to find something to wear because I had gained 43 pounds and was two sizes bigger than I was used to. Either way, in the picture I am smiling and am seemingly excited about my night and where it would take me. Even though my night was not bad, it was not great either. This was just the beginning of my long battle with depression. Like Jeffreys believed one should do I hid my emotions so that I could have a great picture to look back at and one my mother would be proud to post on Instagram.            Although I agree with Jeffrey's that there are a time and place for certain personal expressions, I have to disagree that it is in the best interest for everyone. His ideas are in the best interest for the majority, and sadly, in this case, the minority is what matters. Applying his supporting concept of constructivist epistemology ( the humane way to look at a subject versus looking at the situation objectively. ) the opposite direction of him, I can make the argument that ordinary people aren't healthy but people who lack disabilities. Of course, many people will disagree with this idea of promoting limitations and making disabled people feel better. Sadly, there continues to be this comprehensive view that disabilities need to be fixed people with them should conform to the rest of society.