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Beard_Big_Unknown_Page_17
| Publication Type | thesis project paper |
| School or College | College of Fine Arts |
| Department | Art/Art History |
| Creator | Beard, Keith |
| Title | The big unknown |
| Date | 2016-08 |
| Description | My MFA experience has taught me that when I allow myself to be vulnerable to the unknown, it creates a better outcome for my work as an artist. My unknowns are based on fear of not knowing how my choices will play out, and a fear of not achieving my full potential. The unknown also represents my relationship to deity and to spiritualism, which gives me the courage to face my fears of what the unknown might contain. I express the idea of the unknown through my study of myths and using visuals representing mythmaking. My masks, performances, drawings, and sculptures create a new mythical world where personas find courage to enter the unknown and walk the symbolic journey of becoming the ideal self. One challenge of achieving one's greatness in a world of secular belief is that we only see myths as false ideas or only as suiting one's agenda. But to me, mythmaking and being vulnerable to the unknown can point to truth and create new opportunities for personal growth. |
| Type | Text |
| Publisher | University of Utah |
| Subject | Fine arts; Project paper; Masks; Sculpture |
| Alternate Title | Master of Fine Arts |
| Language | eng |
| Rights Management | © Keith Beard |
| Format Medium | application/pdf |
| Format Extent | 29,085,210 bytes |
| Identifier | ir-mfa/id/100 |
| ARK | ark:/87278/s6p87j2n |
| Setname | ir_mfafp |
| ID | 215036 |
| Reference URL | https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6p87j2n |
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| Title | Beard_Big_Unknown_Page_17 |
| Setname | ir_mfafp |
| ID | 214992 |
| OCR Text | Show |
| Reference URL | https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6p87j2n/214992 |