Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
Fall 2022
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Art
Advisor
Amy Schmeirbach
Abstract
The natural world has hidden wisdom and resources that are disregarded as we misuse our responsibility to care for them. The benefits of being in tune with nature have been traded for a culture that manipulates nature on the altar of expediency, waste, and unquenchable desire. Healing Sanctuary presents a duality. My work speaks about the relationship between the seen and unseen, represented by ten larger-than-life drawings of medicinal herbal plants that have had a profound physical healing effect on me. At the same time, plants, roots, and seeds create visceral metaphors for mental health. Our accomplishments, outlook on life, and behavior mostly grow from the gut-wrenching, dirty work of developing a thought life that serves us. Our mental resilience can be strengthened by "planting" various strategies beneath the surface.
Recommended Citation
Downs, Kammy, "Healing Sanctuary" (2022). Master's Theses. 3213.
DOI: 10.58809/CAZU3702
Available at:
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/3213
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© 2022 Kammy Downs
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