Abstract
I possess an enduring love for humanity and a desire to bring comfort to those who feel isolated and alienated. As of now I describe this feeling as a homesickness for a place that does not exist. Since I became aware of my own consciousness I have struggled with these feelings. I distinctly remember lying awake in the middle of the night, wrapped up like a cocoon in my stripped pink blankets, sobbing in the dark to myself whispering “I want to go home.” As a child that is the most perplexing of emotions, a desire to return to the place you currently are. That just doesn’t make any sense. So, for many years I dismissed this feeling as they were childish and nonsensical. My Senior Independent Study seeks to process this emotion and explore my unconscious connections to land, space, and place. At present, I am working with words like “safety, comfort, and homesickness,” but do not feel those truly pinpoint the specific longing which I am seeking to describe to others.
Advisor
Kendall, Daren
Department
Art and Art History
Recommended Citation
Brunner, Tara, "Terug: An Exploration of Homesickness, Community, and Land-Longing" (2024). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 10949.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/10949
Disciplines
Illustration | Painting
Publication Date
2024
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
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