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Comfort and Security
Fear of pain, the desire to be away from it, and the lack of comfort and security. The desire for security. (Use Ares and Soteria's symbols. ) The cloud turned into animal shapes are about the attack the sanctuary. These aninmals are symbols of... More
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Isolated
Alone with no help around, the want of being loved/cared for. (Persephone, Demeter and Hades) A pomegranate flower falls into the underworld water that looks like a hand. Wheat trying to reach the flower but cannot help.
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Locked
Being controlled. One's freedom has been limited. The desire for freedom. (Prometheus being bound on rock) Fire here is present as the symbol of Prometheus, being locked with the rock hands.
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Out of Control
Fear of being alone and facing the unpredictable situation, the want of everything to be in control （Tyche） Weather vand that have a rudder with a ball here present as the symbol of Tyche, and it was broken by a comet.
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Pouring out of life
Fear of getting aged, becoming unhealthy and death, the desire to keep being youth and healthy. (The Cup of Hygeia) Use Hygeia's symbol but change a little bit of it. Make the snake strike down the cup and pour out the stuff inside of it. Here... More
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Privacy
Always being watched, the want/need of privacy. (The story of Hera sends Argus to be the watcher of Io.) People always seek privacy, but what if you never know you have been watched?
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What's left?
The fear of being forgotten or forgetting something important, the want of knowing someone remembered him or the desire of keeping good memories /want of legacy. (Clio) Clio is the goddess of history and poetry. She is the daughter of... More
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Worthy?
Fear of not being recognized and worthy. (Artemis and Apollo) The Moon is always seen as weaker than the Sun and is easily overpowered by the Sun in its glory. And sometimes the Moon is not willing to be subordinated to the Sun.
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Dixin Gao
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““What we fear the most” illustrates the universal anxieties of today's society through symbolic elements of Greek Mythological gods. The underlying desires behind these fears are visually explored to...” [More]