Memories of a Near Future

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dc.contributor.advisorKahn, Heidi
dc.contributor.advisorContino, William
dc.contributor.advisorWahl, Colleen
dc.contributor.authorD'Ambrosia, Gillian
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-04T22:59:44Z
dc.date.available2021-01-04T22:59:44Z
dc.date.issued2020-11-20
dc.descriptionThesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Alfred University Honors Program.en_US
dc.description.abstractAs my therapist once told me, anxiety at its heart is fear of the future. The future never gives itself away, which perhaps what makes it so frightening. Most people I’ve met spend their nights falling asleep to thoughts of the unknown. From dealing with fear of my own mortality, to my own successes/failures, or arriving somewhere on time, fear of the future is not alien to me; it’s what I sulk in. With this thesis, I sought to challenge my own thinking. No constant self-loathing or nail-biting, but willingness to wonder what memories are yet to be had. What if I fabricated memories that don’t exist yet? Or a world that doesn’t exist, but could be constructed in some way within a lifetime? What if the concept of future itself was something to look forward to? What if it could, in turn, help us make most of our present? In this body of work, I paint a world I want to see now, and later. Through fantasy and emotion, I illustrate a world that doesn't already have bad endings— there’s always a possibility for more.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10829/24270
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofHerrick Libraryen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://libraries.alfred.edu/AURA/termsofuseen_US
dc.subjectHonors thesisen_US
dc.subjectAnxietyen_US
dc.subjectEmotionsen_US
dc.subjectPaintingen_US
dc.subjectArten_US
dc.titleMemories of a Near Futureen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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