Assignment 5: Face Your FeARs
**For drawing assignments for this class you are welcome to draw on a paper as large as you like. I encourage you to draw large unless you like to have very intricate details. You are welcome to any size paper you like in the metal cabinet drawers underneath the clock. Minimum do not go smaller that 11 in. x 17 in. Your paper can be poster size or even larger. It is your choice. Only use the paper in the metal cabinets for your assignments. They are expensive and should not be used for school posters etc. They are just for you and your class.
Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. We all have fears. There are many different ways of having fear. Some are physical fears, whereas others internal fears or anxieties.
"According to Karl Albrecht, there are five basic fears, out of which almost all of our other fears are manufactured. These are:
When we let go of our notion of fear as the welling up of evil forces within us and begin to see fear and its companion emotions as basically information, we can think about them consciously. And the more clearly and calmly we can articulate the origins of the fear, the less our fears will frighten us and control us."
ASSIGNMENT: Art is a tool that can be used to articulate what your fears are and how to safely study the emotions that are associated with your fears. Through art you will face your fears. For this assignment, create a drawing showcasing one of your biggest years. Capture the emotion in the form of visual expression. Attempt to stay away from the literal and use a cohesive color theme that is associated with this fear. Your paper must at least be 11 x 17 inches or more. The art mediums you may use are pencil, color pencil, watercolor pencil. oil pastel, charcoal, and watercolor paint. With this drawing, let the viewer experience and feel your hardship and emotional strain. THAT is the goal of the assignment.
"According to Karl Albrecht, there are five basic fears, out of which almost all of our other fears are manufactured. These are:
- Extinction—the fear of annihilation, of ceasing to exist. This is a more fundamental way to express it than just calling it "fear of death." The idea of no longer beingarouses a primary existential anxiety in all normal humans. Consider that panicky feeling you get when you look over the edge of a high building.
- Mutilation—the fear of losing any part of our precious bodily structure; the thought of having our body's boundaries invaded, or of losing the integrity of any organ, body part, or natural function. Anxiety about animals, such as bugs, spiders, snakes, and other creepy things arises from fear of mutilation.
- Loss of Autonomy—the fear of being immobilized, paralyzed, restricted, enveloped, overwhelmed, entrapped, imprisoned, smothered, or otherwise controlled by circumstances beyond our control. In physical form, it's commonly known as claustrophobia, but it also extends to our social interactions and relationships.
- Separation—the fear of abandonment, rejection, and loss of connectedness; ofbecoming a non-person--not wanted, respected, or valued by anyone else. The "silent treatment," when imposed by a group, can have a devastating psychological effect on its target.
- Ego-death—the fear of humiliation, shame, or any other mechanism of profound self-disapproval that threatens the loss of integrity of the Self; the fear of the shattering or disintegration of one's constructed sense of lovability, capability, and worthiness.
When we let go of our notion of fear as the welling up of evil forces within us and begin to see fear and its companion emotions as basically information, we can think about them consciously. And the more clearly and calmly we can articulate the origins of the fear, the less our fears will frighten us and control us."
ASSIGNMENT: Art is a tool that can be used to articulate what your fears are and how to safely study the emotions that are associated with your fears. Through art you will face your fears. For this assignment, create a drawing showcasing one of your biggest years. Capture the emotion in the form of visual expression. Attempt to stay away from the literal and use a cohesive color theme that is associated with this fear. Your paper must at least be 11 x 17 inches or more. The art mediums you may use are pencil, color pencil, watercolor pencil. oil pastel, charcoal, and watercolor paint. With this drawing, let the viewer experience and feel your hardship and emotional strain. THAT is the goal of the assignment.
Examples of assignment below
FEAR OF HEIGHTS
Fear of DEATH
Fear of LOSS
Fear of ANXIETY
Fear of BEING VOICELESS
Fear of CONFORMITY
FEAR OF DROWNING
Fear of LOVE
Fear of DARKNESS
FEAR OF ENTRAPMENT/CONFINEMENT