CourtesyAmy Huser is reclaiming 730 hours of her life 鈥� 730 hours she spent in the past decade feeling as though she wasn鈥檛 enough.
She鈥檚 now celebrating those hours with her Master of Fine Arts thesis show, 鈥淐asually Not Okay,鈥� which is currently hanging in the ShiftSpace Gallery at 麻豆破解版 State University.
As research for her thesis, Huser reread the journals she wrote in daily for more than ten years. This writing practice functioned as prayer, meditation and documentation, and she estimates each entry took about an hour to complete. Many focused almost entirely the artist鈥檚 feelings of unhappiness about 鈥渘ot measuring up.鈥� These totaled 730 entries, roughly equivalent to 730 hours of self-criticism.
鈥淚nstead of spending 730 hours in crippling self-doubt, I decided to spend it in thankfulness and joy over how life is working out,鈥� she said. 鈥淚鈥檓 reclaiming all those hours.鈥�
Like all university entities, the gallery is closed to public gatherings until at least May 26. At some point this summer, ShiftSpace will hold a reception and gallery hours for 鈥淐asually Not Okay,鈥� though they may be by appointment only.
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