Mind and Perception: A Study on Self Life Experience in Painting

[[abstract]]The perception of a human body is not only to sense the being of the physical body, but also to include the spiritual or conscious level. Every person is an independent individual; she and always analyzes external situations with his subjective perceptions. Different understandings and views on life thus arise while reacting to various stimuli from different social environments. The value of life lies in the process of self-awareness; and the aim of artists is to dig their own perception as well as to realize the value of life! First of all, the author discusses human’s perceptions and affections as well as enumerates the artists who fuse life experiences in their artworks. And then she continues to discuss the content of her own “Mind and Perception: A Study on Self Life Experience in Painting.” The author expects to explore and anatomize the transmutation of her own internal emotive thought under the interaction between the external social environment and herself, herewith to improve self-understanding, self-growth, and self-realization.This thesis is divided into five chapters: Chapter 1: To explain the background, motive, aim, scope and method of this research creation, and to express the author’s social environment and personal spiritual quest. Chapter 2: To explore the literature on human’s perceptions and affections, and to enumerate the paintings in which artists express their delight and sorrow. Chapter 3: To state the author’s ideas of this creative work and its theoretical basis. Chapter 4: To explain the work and to analyze the aesthetic performance. Chapter 5: The conclusion, including what the author has learned in this creative work and the directions of future creation.