Consultation Today

For today’s consultation, it seems that I have so much information to work with but I have to always link them back to my three outcomes/purposes which are:

1. Create a physical metaphor of the cycles, layers and dimensions of identities
– The Universe/Cosmos, Layers, Narratives

2. Comparing early cultures vs. present culture – how masks evloved from being tangible to something intangible
– Cycle, Time , Past Present & Future

3. Come up with an analogies that somehow make sense in early culture as well as present culture
– Time , Past Present & Future, Dimensions, Layers

And also back back to the quote that ties everything together:

“Masks were an expression of humanity and nature as well as a statement of time and belief. They were a commitment to the future in that they spoke of the past in terms of the present. They were a symbol of continuation and an extrapolation of time linked to cultural survival.”

– Gary Edson, The Parallel Nature of Science and Visual Expression, 4. Ingenious Expression, Masks and Masking, Pg 73

I would have to conclude my findings on the kamatic tree if life and also on Jung’s persona and archetypes. It would also be good if I think about the physical outcomes of my main message.

Today’s Consultation

After consulting Cindy on my topic, it is suggested that one of my keywords should include mask (how could I forget?). As of now, my research on masks are only related to the face/identity and this is seen as a tier which I could possibly work on in later stages. I have to find the other tiers, an example would be besides the literal interpretation of masks, how about other uses of them? – to protect perhaps? I should explore the possibilities and other uses of these masks going beyond the definition. The different definitions could be applied through different mediums in a much later stage. 

To Do:

• Read Masks and Masking
• Find the different usages of these masks and meanings 
• Could look into using visual rhetoric 
• Vanessa was telling me about African masks and their ‘mating’ ritual where they use body paints as part of the mask. Painting the body is a way of attracting the opposite sex – pretty interesting! I may have come across a documentary on this before