A Vital Matters Perspective: Beyond Logic: Embracing the Seen and Unseen

Beyond Logic: Embracing the Seen and Unseen

Gina Athena Ulysse praises Myrlande Constant for boldly reimagining Haitian identity through vivid, surreal, and metaphysical artwork. She highlights Constant’s fearless use of color, narrative, and symbolism to challenge dominant stereotypes and create a new visual language rooted in imagination, not Western artistic conventions. Ulysse describes Constant’s work as courageous, whole, and deeply alive, embracing the mystical, philosophical, and emotional without needing to fit into rigid categories.

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Gina Athena

Ulysse

Professor, Graduate Director

Feminist Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz

Gina Athena

Ulysse

Professor, Graduate Director

Feminist Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz

Gina Athena

Ulysse

Professor, Graduate Director

Feminist Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz

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