Goodreads!

Hey! There is an awesome site online called "Goodreads" and you can make an account (totally free) to make a list of your favorite reads! You can also look at other members lists and see what they said about their favorite books. Its super nice because you can label books "read," "currently reading," or "to-read." This helps me keep track of all those books I tell people I will check out from the library but forget the titles before ever getting there; and who knows how many lists I have made and then lost. Now the list is online! I know this has nothing to do with Art, but there is nothing wrong with promoting excitement about reading! If you are interested, the site is: http://www.goodreads.com/

Comics!

This is another picture I took for my photography class. I love the Sunday comics, they are the best! They make any art look much more interesting, which is why I used this umbrella in this otherwise boring picture. See, the printed word (or the printed humor) is way cooler when implemented in Art!

Arby's and Newspaper

Here newsprint and an Arby's ad combine to mimic a painting by Leonardo Da Vinci "Head of a Young Woman with Tousled Hair" (I don't know if that is the exact name, but that's what Google said). After making the collage, I altered it on Photoshop a couple of different times. I dunno, fun stuff.

Altered Da Vinci Collage

Exploring Books

This was a picture I took for photography class. Print can be used in many ways and can really make something interesting to look at. This might also strike interesting for those who are book fanatics in that exploring books is always interesting and you never know what is "hiding behind the closet" when you're reading. I'm sorry this sounds so lame. Moral of the story: using pages from books or magazines to make your crafts, whatever they are, looks awesome.

Raymond Carver's "Cathedral"

I found this activity online and its an awesome example of turning literature into Art. The website is called "Learning to Love You More" and the page for the activity is: http://www.learningtoloveyoumore.com/reports/46/46.php
Raymond Carver's "Cathedral" is an awesome short story about how a man learns to see from a blind man. It sounds corny, I know, but there are drug references in it, if that makes you at least a little bit more interested. So check out the website and make your own cathedral.

Implimenting Literature in Art

Some types of literature make fingers twitch. Reading Frankenstein compels me to make Halloween decorations, some short stories make me want to draw comics making fun of them, and seeing a newspaper makes me want to rip it up and create a collage. I don't mean to be corny, truly, its just that great inspiration comes from great literature (not that reading the newspaper is anything to write home about). Its exciting to read and even more exciting to visually create. But really, anything looks good when done with newspaper or print. Please read literature, but when you're done, create something else with it!