To start, I looked into each of the alters of dissociative identity disorder. This allowed me to get a general understanding of each and narrow down 3 that I could convey artistically. I also critically chose a general pattern to work with in my paintings. With this, I took my knowledge and conveyed the same pattern multiple ways based on the alter of my choice; the child, evil, and host alters. I did this in size, color, shape, etc.
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I began with analyzing a structure of poetry called haiku. Haiku is a Japanese poetry structure that conveys imagery with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern. After the analyzation, I recreating 3 poems of that structure myself. These poems were composed through the eyes of multiple individuals of South & Central Asia, all from different viewpoints. This conveyed the trauma and perspectives of each side to provoke my bigger idea that “comfort" women most likely had Dissociative Identity Disorder and suffered from it as they were overlooked.
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I started by researching heavily to uncover the trauma that revolves around dissociative identity disorder and the forced prostitution of “comfort" women during WWII. With this, I composed a fictional chapter to convey my bigger idea that these women suffered from Dissociative Identity Disorder. The main character, Jun, was taken to a comfort station at a very young age. Because of her age, she was favored by most of the soldiers. With a line constantly outside her door, being held down to her bed, and taken advantage of, she developed this disorder initially to escape reality. Now, she is unable to escape herself.
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