For my final project, I decided to create and analyze my own creation. I've decided to make a painting and (in my opinion) interepret how effective the story-telling is presented. In order to make a more thorough analysis, I will present the painting to two friends and analyze what they think my painting is depicting. After my two friends give me their initial analysis, I am considering providing clue words to indicate any characters that the painting in presenting. (This is similar to what we did in class watching the Circle and Line Love Story)
I would then judge and analyze the effectiveness of my painting taking into consideration what my friends have taken from the piece.

For my project, I'm going to do the creative path and make an altered book: painting/decorating/cutting words out of the pages of an existing novel to create an entirely new story out of the existing one.

I plan on taking the an old paperback and emphasizing certain passages and words to change the narrative, while leaving some of the original pages visible, though obscured. Depending how the story turns out, I might also try some other strategies used by altered book artists, such as cutting out niches in the pages in which to put items relevant to the story. I think it'll be interesting to have parts of two narratives present at once, within the same set of words: The one intended by the author, and the one created by decorating the pages.

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