My Aversion

It all goes back to evolution. Not to be a science dork, but really. The instinctive tendencies we have to be attracted or repelled by something (sometimes inexplicably) ultimately come from thousands and thousands of years of natural selection. For example: we are drawn to fatty food because it tastes good to us. This is likely because so long ago in our ancestry when calories were much more scare for humans, those that happened to prefer low-calorie foods were less likely to procreate and pass on those genes. Instead, the ones with a greater appreciation towards fatty foods without knowing the difference at all survived, reproduced, and passed on their genes.

For this reason I find death to be an incredibly interesting topic. For whatever reason, we are drawn towards its role in our lives and yet repelled by the mystery and fear it invokes in us. I wanted to play on his very idea for my desire/aversion project. What is particularly interesting about death is the range of negative and inquisitive reactions that people have developed from society. Even though it's one of the two aspects of life that are inevitable, it is taboo to mention in the presence of people one doesn't know.