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Caption: A New Leaf Series - Depression
The insect devoured leaf of the Pin Oak may be a strikingly
beautiful object in and of itself, but when the title
"Depression" is matched with the passage "If you suffered from
manic depression in recent years?" the fragility of the strong,
majestic oak, revered for its longevity and brilliant fall foliage,
is exposed. The background passage for A New Leaf -- Depession
comes from Linked by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, The Thirteenth Link:
The Map of Life. Reading in-between the veins of the diseased
structure the text reveals the significance of image title and
leaf's "affliction", describing future changes in medical
diagnosis and treatment through biochemical networking of the human
cell and genetic mapping.
A New Leaf series focuses on the visual depiction of various human
emotions, ever-changing emotionally, culturally and intellectually
subjective states of mind. Each leaf in the series reveals, and
simultaneously obscures, the surrounding interpretive language, giving
each leaf its own distinct character. The insect devoured leaf of the Pin
Oak may be a strikingly beautiful object in and of itself, but when the
title "Depression" is matched with the passage "If you suffered from manic
depression in recent years?" the fragility of the strong, majestic oak,
revered for its longevity and brilliant fall foliage, is exposed. The
physical decay of the structurally intact leaf visually describes the
human affliction. [REWRITE IS COMING]
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