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McLerran, Jennifer, author Yust, Dave, 1939-, advisor Dietemann, David L., committee member Berland, John C., committee member 2007-01-03T05:04:02Z 2007-01-03T05:04:02Z 1989 1989_Spring_McLerran_Jennifer.pdf ETDF1989600008ARTa http://hdl.handle.net/10217/86866 https://doi.org/10.25675/3.024688 My artwork serves as a means of exploration of ideas and of representations of experience. I choose to deal with symbols because, as carriers of meaning in the context of various cultures, symbols afford an exploration of the varied ways in which meaning is made. Use of symbols from diverse cultures allows me to comparatively examine the systems of thought from which such images arise. I intend to make no definite assertion in my work regarding the nature of symbol systems or of the meanings conveyed through such symbols. I only intend tentative explorations. The lack of definite assertion in my work is appropriate to its thematic concerns -- symbols of birth, images of time's passage and its manifestation in the process of aging, and conceptions of death and an afterlife -- since any understanding of these aspects of experience must ultimately remain tentative. I aim to express a sense of this mystery in my work, but to do so with a sense of irony. masters theses English eng Colorado State University. Libraries Catalog record number (MMS ID): 991012617049703361 N7740.M34 1989 1980-1999 Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright. Symbolism in art Vessels Text Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Masters Art Colorado State University This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights (https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/). You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). open.access