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21	Seeing it Straight Harvey, Heather 01 January 2007 (has links) This Master of Fine Arts thesis is divided into four main sections:FAITH and DISBELIEF: In which I reckon with the implications of faith versus rationality as a secular nontheistic artist. IDEAS: The central locus of my work is a place of indeterminacy between what is known/familiar and what is just one step outside of that. This has nothing to do with mysticism, science fiction, or anything else unmoored from established fact. Section also touches on the particular vantage of a female artist with working class roots.THE WORK: Selection of work made during graduate school, and the the guiding thoughts behind each.EMPTINESS, STILLNESS, ABSENCE, GHOSTS, DOUBT: A discussion of influential artists and ideas. sacred faith disbelief doubt funny transformation strange humor secret comical silly nontheism skepticism playful catholic secular working class philosophy ethics aesthetic myth painting sculpture installation site specific emptiness absence ghosts chaos erotic violent gross mortal corporeal mourning doubt indeterminate mystery ambiguity uncertainty sensual strange infrastructure architecture abeyance transient fleeting liminal intangible unseen gothic ostranenie uncanny undecided quiet ineffable atheism mold holes decay loss damage Art and Design Arts and Humanities