{"id":26119,"date":"2024-10-31T09:39:40","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T13:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=26119"},"modified":"2024-10-31T09:39:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T13:39:41","slug":"observer-self-expression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2024\/10\/31\/observer-self-expression\/","title":{"rendered":"Observer: Self-Expression"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2552\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Albumn-cover-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26123\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9970703125;width:616px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Albumn-cover-scaled.jpg 2552w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Albumn-cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Albumn-cover-1021x1024.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Albumn-cover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Albumn-cover-768x770.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Albumn-cover-1531x1536.jpg 1531w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Albumn-cover-2042x2048.jpg 2042w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Albumn-cover-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2552px) 100vw, 2552px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This album cover design for my friend Marshall&#8217;s Dewed Desire reflects the album\u2019s theme of selfcare within our desires. The character, symbolizing us, struggles against hands that represent<br>different desires\u2014success, ambition, homesickness, and America\u2019s allure. Inspired by Persona 5<br>Royal, the Desire Frog embodies hidden, deep-seated desires. Hands holding the frog signify our<br>protective yet conflicted relationship with desire, while swords and wings represent self-care tools<br>that both defend and empower. Through music and art, this cover design captures the delicate<br>balance of embracing and managing our desires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This album cover design for my friend Marshall&#8217;s Dewed Desire reflects the album\u2019s theme of selfcare within our desires. The character, symbolizing us, struggles against hands that representdifferent desires\u2014success, ambition, homesickness, and America\u2019s allure. Inspired by Persona 5Royal, the Desire Frog embodies hidden, deep-seated desires. Hands holding the frog signify ourprotective yet conflicted relationship with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2269,"featured_media":24237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26119"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2269"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26124,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26119\/revisions\/26124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}