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Essays, interviews, & non-fiction

Essays, interviews, & non-fiction

Perspective was the original sin of western painting
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Perspective was the original sin of western painting

In Renaissance art, the ambiguity of death is represented as transcendent of linear sight.  Holbein, Claesz, and Piola harness distortion to represent the abstract,  bridging our observable and rational reality in two-dimensions.

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My culture in a shoebox
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My culture in a shoebox

An exploration of what it means to reclaim one’s cultural identity amidst obstacles of disconnection. Eva reflects on the experience of piecing together her father’s family archives and their migration to Australia.

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