Category: MFA

To begin to dismantle Freud the starting point is to acknowledge that words are symbols.  Sometimes words have a direct connection to the thing described such as chairs.  Once we start to name attributes of mind and emotion words no longer have any direct physical correlation. A great phrase to keep in mind when we speak about…

Can we say people who are homeless are cultures canaries in the coal mine, or does that fall into some category of prejudice? Canaries were taken down in the coalmine by miners because the birds suffered or died before the miners due to noxious substances. This warned the miners to get out. Maybe folks living…