Abstract

This creative discourse seeks to describe topics of affection under the mutual influence of “love” and “desire” during periods of personal growth. Based on the image of a ‘cat’, the printmaking works is created through use of moral concepts. The “cat” represents as the subject of the writer’s affection to disclose personal feelings through the process of observing as well as interacting with cats. Change of emotion is smoothly delivered to achieve the state of “object and self as a whole”, which will allow subjectivity to become acts of objectivity.

The discourse is divided into five parts, the outline of each chapter are as follows:

Chapter 1：Introduction－To describe the motivation and purpose of the research, the methods and area of creative research as well as terminology.

Chapter 2：Fundamental Theories－Mostly depicts the relationship between man and animals. Then, use Sigmund Freud’s Psychoanalysis to comment the writer’s state of subconscious and utilize aesthetic theories like symbolism, surrealism as well as transference as basis for writing this chapter.

Chapter 3：Implementing the creation－The creative concept and content portrays the writer as the cat and seeks to interpret the subconscious state of self through obsessions with certain objects. By adopting the form of split and paste to create a flowing time and space for telling the inner stories, while technique of etching is mainly used for intaglio printmaking.

Chapter 4：Interpretation－In the complication of love and desire, the works are proceeded with analysis and depiction of the changes within four state of minds : “Disguise”, “Desire”, “Gaze”, “Quest”.

Chapter 5：Conclusion－Besides depicting thoughts on the creative process of the “Cat Story” and examine the purpose of the research. This chapter also integrates all the problems that occurred during this creative process and offers future research direction and motivation for development plan.

Keywords：Cat, Story, Printmaking, Subconscious, Love