Izze Norman

I Dreamed of You
I Wished for You
I Thought Only of You

My thesis is about my fantastical desire for a $$$$. In psychoanalysis there is no more talked about object than a $$$$ and the terror at not having one. It is used as an explanation for all things. If a $$$$ is the answer to all problems – castration anxiety, oedipal complexes, $$$$$ envy, etc – why can’t it solve all of mine?

I’ve explored the desire to have a $$$$ through the methods of inner child work, including writing, drawing, collage, and dreams. I’ve used inner child work because when we are young, we feel no shame; we exist at peace and then we grow up and the world takes things – happiness and freedom – away from us and fits us into its system and all that remains is the fantasy of what we could have had or been. A return to childish means to explore my desire seems the purest way to capture them.

My areas of interest are violence, childhood, desire, and fantasy. Violence serves as a metaphor: visible violence signifies internal turmoil. Childhood as return, situating childish things in places they don’t belong. Desire when it is used against you. And fantasy as a means of expression.