Leeb-du Toit, Juliette Cecile.Olivier, Audrey.2011-08-262011-08-2620002000http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3518Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2000.In this dissertation the tracing of a personal shift in consciousness is evidenced in my art production and through self-interrogation. Investigations into feminist theology proved resonant with a personal apostasy and provided a base for a feminine identity and language. The schism perpetrated by this pivotal thesis in the revisioning of women, its subsequent antithesis, motivated a search for synthesis. A scientific enlightenment in the field of quantum physics promotes the notion of a unified consciousness. Psychology investigates the realities of mysticism and exposes commonalities within eastern and western religions revealing a thread of unified metaphysical thought. The twentieth century has witnessed a radical in the art expression of the spiritual, some coincident with the revival of an interest in oriental art, and some as a manifestation of zeitgeist or collective consciousness. This past century of rapid technological change, clearly has its attendant spiritual shifting patterns. The process of creativity in art-making has proved to be a conduit for an evolving consciousness.enOlivier, Audrey, 1947--Criticism and interpretation.Women artists--South Africa.Feminist spirituality.Spirituality in art.Mysticism in art.Gender identity in art.Consciousness in art.Theses--Fine art.Thesis