Biography
My recent body of work explores drawing that functions as a valuable vehicle which facilitates reciprocity between the drafter and her life-world. I propose that this relationship of exchange can bring about transformation of the self.
My drawings are rooted in a psycho-analytical framework, focusing on Self psychology and Intersubjective Psychoanalysis of certain personality psychologists. Valuable links are forged between the transformative potential of drawing, the psychological and the spiritual. Through interactivity between the self and her life-world through drawing, moments of ‘recognition’ and ‘knowing’ occur - concerning hidden ‘truths’ of the self, which could affect personal transformation.
The spiritual aspect in drawing is researched through the notions of transformative “presence” and the “transcendent function” of drawing. I explore the psychological and spiritual value of drawings as transformative selfobjects to address the general neglect of the spiritual. Furthermore, I affirm that there exists a mutually conducive potential and influence that the interplay between the spiritual and the psychological in the drawing process bring about. As a “selfobject”, a drawing attains its own ‘silent visual language’ replacing or assisting the role of the therapist, becoming pivotal in a transformative ‘interpersonal dialogue’.
Lastly, Jung (Miller, 2004:4) claims that the unification of the conscious and unconscious eventually results in “a living birth that leads to a new level of being, a new situation” (Miller, 2004:4).
I am currently reading and focusing on doing practical and theoretical research towards a future PhD study in Visual Art (specializing in drawing) at a suitable University in South Africa or abroad. I purpose to submit my final proposal towards such studies in 2018. My current aim is the further development of my drawings with a specific research interest in the transformative influence of the sublime and its manifestation in and through suggestive drawing trace...
For further reading and referral to personal publications, solo exhibitions, community projects and future plans, please refer to my personal website.
