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vision
technical
technique
realism
medium
[... 21 paragraphs ...]
It was a tool of your art. It was also a part of your talent. It added to the dimension of your work, but to some degree it was also adopted as a protective mechanism, to give you some feeling of separation. Your mother’s emotionalism frightened you so that you distrusted strong feeling, even while you must use it, and be vividly aware of it in order to paint.
[... 3 paragraphs ...]
The realism has several significant meanings for you also. Your mother felt literally trapped by physical life and circumstances. As a youngster you felt that recreating portions of physical reality gave you a mastery and control over them. The more precise and faithful the recreation, the more complete the mastery.
[... 4 paragraphs ...]
At times you have been afraid of putting too much of yourself in your work, as if the painting then could imprison you. In the back of your mind you thought of your mother and father, imprisoned in their house. The house an emotional framework, but quite physical.
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