#johnkoenig

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Complex emotions, beyond the image and word 

In 2011, Nils Frahm published his album “Felt”. In my opinion, he’s always sharing his feeling simply by his profession which is making music! Look (listen) how simple titles of each track have been chosen or how clear emotions can be understood through the music.

One of my former questions was: How we can express our feelings and emotions with the least of shapes and forms? In the beginning, something interesting that happened while thinking of this project, I had watched the movie Arrival spontaneously which led me to this idea afterwards. This movie talks about a new and odd language which had been discovered by a group of aliens. Each word they say or express is full of meanings. It means that one word may define a story. it’s not just a definition.

So, now I think, John’s dictionary talks about this movie’s idea somehow. He has made some words which contain not only a particular definition but also a universal story.

Recently, I have watched the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows on Tedtalk which I think is pretty much relevant to my final MA project. John Koenig has written these words which are about our odd feelings as humans. I am interested in the definitions of each word more than reading the words individually or learning them or pronouncing them.

PS: This might be a really clever and interesting context for me as an illustrator to work on. Imagine. I can illustrate each words’ definitions which are expressing our odd emotions like a picture dictionary.