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[liberal_arts]

Kasen Kaneda shared a photo. 4/8 near Recolle University

One of the works of Laurent Parcelier, a French impressionist. Impressionism has always been one of my favorite art traditions. This may seem like an odd question, but has anyone ever thought about themselves in more abstract terms? Not as a person born, but as a work crafted? Maybe that's a little too weird, even for someone like me, though.

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I'm sorry we don't have a Major yet to answer this question, I'll do the best I can.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa An interesting idea. There's always an argument over whether our innate selves or whether our environments have more of an influence on who we turn out to be as people.
Hitori Togusa But I'll argue that we're never a finished product. Any particular outcome of that 'crafting' is always in flux. You're still growing, learning, changing.

[liberal_arts]

That seems fair to say. If a person's existence is a work of art, than the artist has not yet set down their brush until life ends. That way, the complete work can be examined.

But even this feels somehow strange to me, lately. It's difficult to put into words.

[standalonehuman]

Have you been experiencing some of the memories that people have been reporting? Something that doesn't fit with what you know before, but still feels true?

I've apparently been missed, on that front, but I can understand how that would make you feel this way.

[liberal_arts]

It was less a vision, but more simply a name. And it felt as paternal to me as my own father's, but not as their son, but... as something else. It's really given me pause. I haven't been able to work on any of my recent pieces lately because of it.

[scarlet_devil]

Émilie Écarlate One could say we're all works crafted by God?

[liberal_arts]

I've honestly never been a religious person, though.

[scarlet_devil]

Ah, I was raised Catholic. Granted, I don't see eye-to-eye with the church itself...

[liberal_arts]

That's fine. I'm just saying that I can't really come at it from a perspective of religious faith. It seems much more... literal, than that.

[glacian]

Gentiana Illyria A world of seclusion and elegance. How I wish I could be there amongst the colorful blues and greens.
Gentiana Illyria If was to be an abstract work of art, I suspect I would be crafted from ice and snow.

[liberal_arts]

Fleeting and ephemeral. You seem inclined towards the concept of tragic beauty.

[glacian]

That I am.

I wonder what that says about me.

[liberal_arts]

Analyzing people isn't a skill of mine. Works of art, however...

Well, in any case, I'd need to know you better, I think.

[glacian]

Are you an art collector by any chance? You certainly seem like one.

Likewise. Therefore, would it be so rude of me to invite you out for tea?

[liberal_arts]

I am an artist, a patron, a collector, a "lover". Art moves me and gives me liberty to exist.

But any of those labels would not be offended to join you for tea.

[rosebleue]

Tatsuo Mizuki it's definitely one of my favorites as well (´⌣`ʃƪ) my grandfather painted a lot of impressionist works back in the day
Tatsuo Mizuki and i don't think that's a weird question! i actually kinda feel like that sometimes? like i'm not real...or like a painting gazing out into the outside world. i'm not really sure how to explain it, but?

[ it's called dissociation, garry. ]

[liberal_arts]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has felt this before. It's so strange, isn't it? To tie the topics together, it's like I am simply an impression of a person, but not an actual person, sometimes.

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[wordcarvings]

Impressionism is a nice style.
It's very lovely.

[ He has done some works in the style. ]

But I wonder.
I think maybe some people looked at me as if I was.
Maybe I did too, at some point.

[liberal_arts]

-Kasen thinks on this a moment before replying.-

Other people looked at you that way? As a work of art?

[wordcarvings]

Well.
I'm not sure if you could say they looked at me as art but.
Well.
Mmm.

[ His relationship with his parents had always been a bit..complicated? ]

[liberal_arts]

I have been told this can be a little overwhelming for people.

[wordcarvings]

Yeah, it can.
How come you're asking about it?

[liberal_arts]

It's just been on my mind lately. Recent thoughts have come into my mind, and made me do a bit of soul searching.

[wordcarvings]

I see. It sounds a little odd but it also makes sense.
Is it because of those hallucinomemories, or did you come to think of if in other ways?

[liberal_arts]

I remembered a name. A man who called himself Nosada. I remembered a relationship, not unlike a father, but it wasn't that. More like I was a creation of his in the literal sense.

It was weird.

[wordcarvings]

[ ....oh ]

That sounds sort of interesting.
Though complicated and a little unreal too, since you're a person.

[ He gets the feeling that it's different from his father. ]

[liberal_arts]

Exactly. It gives me a headache. I wonder if some of these weird memory things are just abstractions, like dreams. Like I'm supposed to be figuring something else out here.

[wordcarvings]

I wonder if there is anything like that. Something else to figure out or if we're supposed to focus on the things we see.
Some people call them hallucinomemories. I think it might be because they're sort of a hallucination but also feel like they're not.

[liberal_arts]

Perhaps this is a message from a higher power, that can only speak in the abstract...

[wordcarvings]

Perhaps it is. That might be a little complicated in some cases.