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"Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric anxiety disorder most commonly characterized by a subject's obsessive, distressing, intrusive thoughts and related compulsions (tasks or "rituals") which attempt to neutralize the obsessions" - (Wikipedia, 2007)

03 February 2008

Straight talking objects...



Whilst preparing my Interim Exhibition, i have been thinking about objects and what they say to us.




For example... Mr X (See post below)... and many other ocd sufferers i have spoken to, have problems with Tea Towels... The micro-organisms on them are perhaps 'scary', and the thought of touching something unclean is insane.




What if tea towels were produced to LOOK dirty. With stains already on them. That way, maybe the mind would process the 'brand new' tea towel as dirty anyway. And the sufferer would become accustomed to the 'dirt'?




Or another one...toilet seats with stains pre-placed on them...maybe not eh?




Maybe it would work...maybe it wouldn't! Just a thought!!

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