Maria Teresa Melodia
Art that manipulates, interprets and reflects on the aesthetics. This is how the paintings pop by Lisa Chi, an artist born in 1984, which explores the representation of themselves on social networks. A personal research on how we should be and how we want to be, with particular reference to the body and the 'appearance. Lisa Chi, stage name of Lisa Chiari, a young but determined daughter dell'operosa Bergamo Province, graduated from the New Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, gave away in a project called Pediofobia, term for the fear of dolls, the result of a journey through the contemporary models of femininity within the Net Step one: steal the photos of Facebook users and to create portraits, boldly colorful and provocative . "The goal, he says, is to offer insights on what is expected of a woman because she is considered such."
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NEW Keyhole - "The first phase of my research is shamefully voyeuristic: sailed on social networks among the photos uploaded by friends or acquaintances on the net looking for virtual interesting faces. Following contact the owners and ask permission to use the image for a painting. "
THE PHOTOS OK - "What attracts me is the awareness of the body and its place in the world," explains Lisa. It just has to express a femininity that makes reference to alternative models, in short, not only career women or women-tissue.
FACES PORTRAITS - students, young workers who are pictured in front of the mirror, as the sensual burlesque performer Janet whistle and even men who are not afraid to show their feminine sides. These are the protagonists of the paintings of the artist who adds: "Who said that femininity is reserved for women?" The common thread in terms of features is "disorienting quest for individuality. Strong and fragile, sweet and aggressive. They are dolls with all their might say they do not exist and to be more willing to rigid classification schemes in too tight. "
IN SEARCH OF A "LIKE" on Facebook - Social networks are central as they play a significant role in affirming individual. "Among the photos uploaded on Facebook and MySpace, he says, you can inquire about what the ideal of beauty: the avatar that represents us and that we create on-line can also be far from the reality of our appearance but, being the result of personal choice, has always proved that the perception of ourselves, or the way we want to be .
IMAGES DIKTAT - "These models are dictated by men, models that in time we started to believe they were also present. The proposed image and imagination meet fully the sense of sight, which is the preferred way in humans. In matriarchal societies are favored instead of hearing and touch, and today these senses are particularly neglected "she said. But there a hope: "The concept of femininity is changing. It seems there is now a glut in the common imagination, confirms Lisa Chi, perhaps, thanks to the Internet is opening up a space in which to show their uniqueness through the imperfection. "
DISCOVERY OF NEW DOLLS - "I personally find it absurd that the dolls are characters of a perfectly exaggerated and unreal. Exactly what the media company is asking us to become: icons, girls out of time always neat and well dressed. Perhaps the pediofobia is more widespread than you think: there are those, like me, afraid of the social effects of the continuous display of doll on television and who, instead, afraid of a femininity that research and experiments with new ways to express themselves. This is what I call the 'new' dolls. Those who decide for themselves the dress and personal wear. The maturity is also in considering all stages of life as equally important and to love, respect and listen to your body changes every moment of life. " In conclusion, "with my body alive a loving relationship a bit 'ups and downs but in the most difficult is always a love story!" Admits the artist.
I think I see your faces as you think: at last there is someone who will tell me if you can permanently cure anxiety or not.
Okay. It's like this: it depends.
Sorry for the preamble (which is not the best for an anxious person), come straight to the point and then go into some things.
First of all, there is only one type of anxiety disorders and there is no single cause for anxiety.
The answers depend largely on the type of care that is undertaken, and how long the anxiety disorder is part of the life of the individual. In addition we must also consider anxiety-inducing components are part of the personality and other related disorders.
So what you need is a diagnosis. So that's the official response. An informal answer would be: yes, if not part of your personality. Please note that in this case you can lower the level of your anxiety until it becomes a background invisible and embark on a path to healing or if self-care, you can control it virtually forever without the use of drugs.
If the anxiety stems from something more specific like a trauma that could be called mild and in the absence of other more serious diseases, then we say that with a suitable path to healing, in principle, should to solve the problem, even permanently. Subject, of course, exceptions to the rule and your motivation to change.
But it is true that when we take a panic attack means that we suffer from panic disorder? It is said that having an attack every now and then we suffer are significant noise associated with it. In part, this depends on the answer to whether or not we have more or less constant concern that the next attack may occur.
The fear of attack or, as has been defined, the fear of fear is a constant almost indiscindibile from panic disorder. But the diagnostic manual of the so-called diseases psychiatric cautions that, by convention, we say that a person suffers from panic disorder even though he had four or more attacks a year.
So if a person has less than four attacks in one year and is not afraid that they can return, why should it be treated? Under the conventions diagnostic does not suffer from panic disorder.
An attack can also be considered a moment of reflection in life. If you think for a moment and who was known to be so, the fact that he had an attack that perfectly mimics the signs of a heart attack, for example, fear of dying, etc., and then discover, after the investigation of case, it is just a panic attack, induced some deep thoughts of life, the significance of everyday things, affect, the direction in which we are going and so on.
Certainly we can say that it is "just" a panic attack if we are fortunate that this is not repeated too many times and consequently does not degenerate into a panic disorder. In case this is not the first in a series of attacks, then the episodes must not be taken lightly, seek treatment and is much better now than wait for the disorder becomes chronic and part (ill) the life of a person.
But if you happen to like the first time then take it lightly, may be the best strategy.