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Autism and Art

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Dear Community, 

I am an autistic artist and PhD researcher but there is something I continue to find very difficult and I am wondering who else has this experience? Whenever I am asked to describe what my work is about and what the deeper meanings might be I find this almost impossible on the spot, especially verbally. I can write and reflect but cannot seem to explain to my supervisors satisfaction. I have explained that I am Autistic but they still require me to quantify things verbally at every meeting. I seem to mask very well so I think people find it difficult to see me as Autistic but this type of situation, where there a vagaries of meaning unmask me completely, I have no idea how to deal with this or what alternatives I can give them! I am very literal and they want me to use very abstract theories that have subtleties of meaning I seem to miss... Any thoughts would be massively helpful. 

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  • This reminds me of the saying "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture".

    I think it was originally about some of the waffle that music reviewers come up with but I believe it also refers to the idea that the discussion of a particular piece of art is so much less important than the art itself and everything that went into creating it - that perhaps that discussion is futile?

    That's probably not going to help you with your PhD though - and for the record - I did once have an architect tell me the idea of 'dancing about architecture' really appealed to them! 

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  • This reminds me of the saying "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture".

    I think it was originally about some of the waffle that music reviewers come up with but I believe it also refers to the idea that the discussion of a particular piece of art is so much less important than the art itself and everything that went into creating it - that perhaps that discussion is futile?

    That's probably not going to help you with your PhD though - and for the record - I did once have an architect tell me the idea of 'dancing about architecture' really appealed to them! 

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