Glowing Melancholia
OCADU Illustration Thesis, 2016. Thesis Advisor Gary Taxali
Dr. Mead Mathews wrote that ancient civilizations saw depression as “possession by supernatural forces”. Glowing Melancholia focuses on female poets who dealt with the dichotomy of
supernatural forces causing pain and torture while inspiring their writings.
“I am terrified by this dark thing That sleeps in me;
All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity. ”
Elm, Sylvia Plath
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