The Gift of Loss
A Rhizomatic Connection Journey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18960593 |
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| Authors | Christine L Cho (0000-0002-4677-2124, Nipissing University, North Bay, Ontario, Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 131-137 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10778004231176097 |
| OpenAlex | W4377140558 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
In this piece, I explore how embodied reflexivity stop moments, juxtaposed with the photographic f-stop, inform the various stages of my creative process. Through deconstruction, fragmentation, and reconstruction of my images, I work to navigate and embrace loss to reconnect with myself as artist/daughter. Through the lens of my father’s camera, I engage in a form of relational consciousness: hearing his voice guide my composition and technical approach to my images and then freeing my consciousness to create on a more visceral level using the interdisciplinary approaches that are the foundation of my art making. I detail how my process became a form of conversation through the lens as well as a rhizomatic healing journey. Throughout, I question how dominant society regulates and controls how and what we grieve, who is grieved, and I advance the idea that grief and loss should be embraced as a gift
Aesthetics · Art · Autoethnography · Consciousness · Conversation · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Grief · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Reflexivity · Sociology · Art Therapy and Mental Health · Communication · Gender Studies · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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