A Confessor Named Grace
Confession Release and Restoration The project was simple. Participants would interact with the "confessor" by admitting anything secretive to them, one at a time. The confessor, who will remain anonymous, was covered head to toe in two blankets and was completely blind and deaf to the room around them. I was hoping this would seem a little comfier and easier to approach, but I understand now with feedback, it made our subject ominous. Thankfully, people still seemed happy to engage. After releasing whatever the people were holding onto, I handed each of them a portrait purely from memory. No reference of any kind. While this reflects partially on my need to practice more, it mainly reflected the unchanged idea of the person in my mind. The goal was to show that while something in the person might have changed due to the release, nothing about them changed to someone else, letting them stay in the somewhat security of an unchanging ide...


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