Make sure to bring your painting supplies to class on Thursday, September 23, as the course syllabus lists:
"Brushes, paints, and a sketch pad suitable for painting, something other than watercolor. About $10." Participation on this day depends on you bringing these painting materials to class. We will be painting in response to
The Book of Joel (download the version on the course calendar).
Visual and visceral elements are central to
apocalyptic literature. As the chapter on theme in
The Literary Experience points out, the "meaning" or "theme" of a text is only one aspect of it. By painting in response to Joel, we will be able to appreciate and participate in these other dynamics of the text. Painting--if you emphasize the actual, physical process of painting and not just the end result--is a physical activity that happens in time that will allow us yet another way of experiencing the text. This means that it does not matter whether you can paint or not or even whether you consider yourself "artistic." I certainly do not have any painting abilities, but I have been able to get a lot out of this activity. The texts I've painted from are some of the ones I remember best and most meaningfully. The images in this post are samples of my painting in response to literature.
Make sure to bring your painting supplies to class on Thursday, September 23, as the course syllabus lists: "Brushes, paints, and a sketch pad suitable for painting, something other than watercolor. About $10." Participation on this day depends on you bringing these painting materials to class. We will be painting in response to The Book of Joel (download the version on the course calendar).
Visual and visceral elements are central to 
apocalyptic literature. As the chapter on theme in The Literary Experience points out, the "meaning" or "theme" of a text is only one aspect of it. By painting in response to Joel, we will be able to appreciate and participate in these other dynamics of the text. Painting--if you emphasize the actual, physical process of painting and not just the end result--is a physical activity that happens in time that will allow us yet another way of experiencing the text. This means that it does not matter whether you can paint or not or even whether you consider yourself "artistic." I certainly do not have any painting abilities, but I have been able to get a lot out of this activity. The texts I've painted from are some of the ones I remember best and most meaningfully. The images in this post are samples of my painting in response to literature.
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