Body Language: Idiomatic Anatomy
Abstract
As a student of biology and the visual arts, I have
experienced a continuously shifting perspective of the life
forms that surround me. Particularly I have been interested
in the role anatomy plays in expressing emotions,
specifically in the context of idiomatic phrases. I was
intrigued by how these phrases might change in meaning
as they transformed from a verbal to a visual medium, and
what the visual representations of these phrases would
reveal about the treatment of the human form. Throughout
the process, the anatomy I was investigating shifted from
the subject to an abstraction of the language and how it
utilizes it. Through this exploration, I have gained a fresh
understanding of attitudes toward the human body
through emotive and transformative language.