Depictions of grief (part 2)
The ideas about trauma and grief that keep being a part of my reading come to me incidentally. I think this partly proves my point that trauma and grief are something that everyone deals with, no matter their social standing or financial situation.
The idea of what grief is and isn't is very dependent on personal outlooks. As in my previous post it was stated that grief is partly showing that a person was worth it to be grieved for, Nick Cave has stated (as discussed in this New Yorker article) that love and grief are linked. He is quoted within the article as saying:
“It seems to me, that if we love, we grieve. That’s the deal,” he wrote to Cynthia. “Grief is the terrible reminder of the depths of our love and, like love, grief is non-negotiable. There is a vastness to grief that overwhelms our minuscule selves.”
The very idea that love and grief are so intimately connected speaks to me. Would that mean that a lack of love leads to a lack of grief? And as connected to my project, does that mean the size of the trauma (grief) and thus the giant is bigger if one has loved more? And if we built our lives around this grief as discussed in the previous part, does that mean we are letting the love fade as well?
All of these questions are important to me as I try to embody trauma and grief into characters. How do I play with size, colour and shape to portray a real emotion without it becoming cliche? As the size will always be bigger than human, the colours and opacity of the giants are what I am mostly looking at when it comes to a accurate portrayal of the inner life of a person. More sketching is needed.
The idea of what grief is and isn't is very dependent on personal outlooks. As in my previous post it was stated that grief is partly showing that a person was worth it to be grieved for, Nick Cave has stated (as discussed in this New Yorker article) that love and grief are linked. He is quoted within the article as saying:
“It seems to me, that if we love, we grieve. That’s the deal,” he wrote to Cynthia. “Grief is the terrible reminder of the depths of our love and, like love, grief is non-negotiable. There is a vastness to grief that overwhelms our minuscule selves.”
The very idea that love and grief are so intimately connected speaks to me. Would that mean that a lack of love leads to a lack of grief? And as connected to my project, does that mean the size of the trauma (grief) and thus the giant is bigger if one has loved more? And if we built our lives around this grief as discussed in the previous part, does that mean we are letting the love fade as well?
All of these questions are important to me as I try to embody trauma and grief into characters. How do I play with size, colour and shape to portray a real emotion without it becoming cliche? As the size will always be bigger than human, the colours and opacity of the giants are what I am mostly looking at when it comes to a accurate portrayal of the inner life of a person. More sketching is needed.
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