Yes:
- activity is presented as being a ritual to ward off negative feelings associated with futility, and therefore fits the pattern argued in my dissertation
No:
- activities referred to in practice are daily "productive" tasks (e.g. art, crafts), and not either "bad habits" or religious/spiritual rituals
- the idea that my practice communicates is intentionally biased (i.e. it ignores the idea of "fulfillment"); it is supposed to be from a specific point of view
Conclusion:
- the two things were more connected when I was making work that related to hoarding etc.
- maybe I could expand my dissertation to include the role of everyday activities/fulfillment/meaning, but that would make it too broad as I would then literally be examining the meaning of life, and would have to discuss everything from fulfillment and stewardship/legacy to religious views on the afterlife
