This paper analytically discusses the efficacy of Obiora Udechukwu’s eight paintings particularly their commonality in projecting humanity universal common, pervading melancholy consciousness, and their propensity to activate effectual catharsis. This paper also discusses how these eight paintings provide cognitive channels through which plausible interpretive attempt at psychoanalysis of Udechukwu in relation to the paintings can be attained. We are adopting interpretive approach in our attempt at coming up with plausible deductions and extrapolations of the embedded significations in the paintings. To deepen our purview on efficacy of these paintings as stimuli for emotion activation, we shall apply select theories explaining contexts of melancholy consciousness, effectual catharsis and cognitive channels of psychoanalysis in relation to paintings as texts. In the end, our interpretations indicate that Udechukwu’s techniques in these paintings create perpetual atmosphere subsuming consciousness of universally acknowledged debilitating agonies resulting from wars.

中文翻译：

---

隐喻与忧郁意识：奥比奥拉·乌德楚克武八幅画中的持久功效与普遍共性

本文分析讨论了奥比奥拉·乌德楚库 (Obiora Udechukwu) 八幅画作的功效，特别是它们在投射人类普遍共性、普遍存在的忧郁意识方面的共性，以及它们激活有效宣泄的倾向。本文还讨论了这八幅画如何提供认知渠道，通过这些渠道，可以实现对 Udechukwu 与这些画作相关的精神分析的合理解释尝试。我们正在采用解释性的方法，试图对绘画中的内在含义进行合理的推论和推断。为了加深我们对这些绘画作为情绪激活刺激的功效的认识，我们将应用精选的理论来解释忧郁意识的背景，与作为文本的绘画相关的精神分析的有效宣泄和认知渠道。最后，我们的解释表明，Udechukwu 在这些画作中的技术创造了永恒的氛围，包含了普遍公认的战争造成的衰弱痛苦的意识。