BZZT
Lindsey B.
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According to Freud, "guilt is a quality that children learn to monitor their behavior to avoid punishment from parents". According to Melanie Klein, "guilt is [a] beneficial [quality] because it increases the likelihood of harmony in a broader society". According to me, guilt is a draining emotion that underlines my life with a thrum of useless discomfort. Of course, I'm talking about deontological guilt, which stems from the transgression of one's moral code. Deontological guilt strays from the altruistic understanding shared by Freud and Klein; it serves their altruistic purpose for murderers and thieves but does not do much evolutionarily for teenage girls who cannot bring themselves to do their homework every night. In this stop-motion animation, I aim to share my daily experience as an individual with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) which heightens my awareness of my strict moral code. Due to this awareness, I feel constantly guilty of breaking my morals in all of my actions, most commonly living within another's presence. These constant little guilts are represented as digitally animated bugs, buzzing around my head. They are easily ignored yet always present, ready to go berserk at the call of my name for fear I may be as guilty as I feel.
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creativity is the joy i get from creating miniatures. it is the tool by which i share my exercise and feelings. creativity is what drives me to make and live and learn it all. It is vulnerable and integral to my being. I live and love it.
