Celebrating MistakesMany of us grow up indoctrinated with the idea that we have to get everything right first time. This pencil plays with the ratio of ‘correct marks’ and mistakes allowed by the user.
THEORIES
Several theories have been developed to explain the mysteriously recurring presence of this man in the dreams of different people who are not related in any way. The following theories are the ones that elicit the greatest interest among the dreamers themselves.
ARCHETYPE THEORY
According to Jung's psychoanalytic theory, this man is an archetypal image belonging to the collective unconscious that can surface in times of hardship (emotional development, dramatic changes in our lives, stressful circumstances etc.) in particularly sensitive subjects.
RELIGIOUS THEORY
According to this theory this man is the image of the Creator, that is to say one of the forms in which God manifests himself today. This is the reason why his indications and the words he utters during the dreams should be decidedly followed by the dreamers.
DREAM SURFER THEORY
It is the most interesting theory and the one that has the greatest implications, but it has also the lowest scientific credibility. According to this theory this man is a real person, who can enter people's dreams by means of specific psychological skills. Some believe that in real life this man looks like the man in the dreams. Others think that the man in the dreams looks completely different from his real life counterpart. Some people seem to believe that behind this man there is a mental conditioning plan developed by a major corporation.
DREAM IMITATION THEORY
This is a scientific psycho-sociological theory which claims that this phenomenon has arisen casually and has progressively developed by imitation. Basically when people are exposed to this phenomenon they become so deeply impressed that they start seeing this man in their dreams.
DAYTIME RECOGNITION THEORY
This theory states that the apparitions of this man are purely casual. Normally we do not remember precisely the faces we see in our dreams. The image of this man would thus be an instrument which, in the subject's waking life, facilitates recognition of an undefined oneirical image.
Soasig Chamaillard, Super Marie
Karen Miranda Augustine: I love Super Marie. Some have said that Superman has been strongly associated with Jesus. In the Hindu religion, Jesus would be like their god Krishna. It is so powerful to change that Superman image to the Virgin Mary, a woman. What were some of the ideas that you had about this piece while you were developing it?
Soasig Chamaillard: I found it very interesting to confront these two icons. One can see several things here. If it is considered that the Virgin Mary is a representation of her time, then one can see her as a “super woman” of our time, i.e. a super busy woman who works and deals with her family at the same time. There is also a very interesting bond between comics and religion. The superheroes represent clear visions of good and evil. Their super capacities clearly represent religious miracles. AND one can still see other significances there….
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