"Blankets" Response

I decided for my response this week to respond "Artistically."

"Blankets" by Craig Thompson brings up a lot of fears that Craig has throughout his childhood and adolescence.  For Craig, a lot of those fears centered around his faith in God.  I created these images in response to those fears of Craig, and some fears of my own. 

 

Although I admit this photo wasn't taken for this class, I wanted to add it.  I took this photo of my younger sister lying in the snow and then digitally painted it with photoshop.  It reminded me of all the moments in the story when Raina is lying in the snow contemplating various things.

 

I feel as though Craig mentions leafless and/or illustrates a lot of barren tree's throughout the story as well.  I took these photo's on the rail trail next to campus.

Some of my favorite panels throughout the story were the ones in which he created elaborate patterns, so I decided to create a pattern that made me think of the story.  I took a photo of a wall hidden in some shadows at Horton Hall.  I them duplicated the image and fit it together like a puzzle.  It makes me think of the cold, stern upbringing that Craig experiences and the darker colors make me think of the isolation  he felt around his peers and struggles he had with his faith.