About this Author:
Emily Culbertson is 20 years old and was raised in Absecon, New Jersey. She studies Art Education at The College of New Jersey and could not see herself doing anything else. Besides exploring all the methods and mediums of art and how they can be used, Emily spends her time wandering foreign lands, searching for new music to listen to, finding solace in activism, and improving her meditative practices. She has dedicated herself to being a lifelong learner, and one day wants to teach and spark others interest in the learner's journey.
Thoughts on Marina:
Before Knowing anything about Marina Abramovic, I was completely fascinated with what she was about. Performance art is something highly understudied but exploding with popularity. After watching the documentary Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present, I was completely hooked. Marina is an amazing person who pushes boundaries of not only her body, but her spirit and will. She has made an impression on me as someone almost prophetic, and after doing an extensive study on her she has become an inspiration for myself. Her work did what it was meant to do, it made me think at the deepest and most internal levels of my being.