{"id":1301,"date":"2019-04-09T06:37:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T06:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/courses.chris-foss.net\/dislit19\/?p=1301"},"modified":"2019-04-09T06:38:01","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T06:38:01","slug":"alex-slaughters-major-project-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.chris-foss.net\/dislit19\/major-paper-project\/alex-slaughters-major-project-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Slaughter’s Major Project: Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For my major project, I decided to create a painting. I was inspired by many of the different books we have read throughout the semester and went through multiple ideas before deciding what I wanted to create. The book that ultimately inspired this painting was Frankenstein<\/em> by Mary Shelley. There is so much imagery throughout the novel that evokes an assortment of the senses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Through this painting, I wanted to\nrepresent how Frankenstein\u2019s creation, as a disabled character, views the world\nwith rose colored glasses until that view is shattered by the harsh reality of\nwho he is and what he is. One of the main reasons I decided to create this\npiece was based on how the creation was never truly given an actual name, and\nhow he creates his identity through books he taught himself to read. I wanted\nto portray how people with disabilities often feels as if they have lost their\nidentity or feel as if they have completely changed as a person due to their\ndisability. In order to do this, the painting is split down the middle to create\na reflection of two different worlds: one being the perfect world the creation\nlives in for part of the story where he sees the good in everything, and the\nother being the hellish world after the creation sees his reflection and he\nrealizes what he looks like, as well as the isolation the creation later feels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 During Frankenstein<\/em>, the creation goes through many points where he is not\ncompletely sure as to why people run from him and scream at him in fear. He first\nexperiences this reaction when he was created. Frankenstein, his creator, ran\nfrom him in fear. As the novel progresses, we \u00a0get to see the world through the creation\u2019s\npoint of view. Eventually, it is made known that the creation is teaching himself\nhow to read through books he found in a bag. One of the books that the creation\nreceives a lot of knowledge from is Paradise\nLost<\/em> by John Milton. After reading about Adam and Satan, the creation compares\nhimself to both individuals and ultimately identifies as both. In order to\nportray this comparison, I wanted to represent how, as people, we have a mix of\nboth good and bad in each one of us. The creation had the right idea to compare\nhimself to both Adam and Satan. I created a silhouette of a man whose\nproportions are slightly off, as if he was pieced together with different parts\nlike the creation was, and I centered him on the canvas to make him the focal\npoint of the painting. Along with silhouette of the creation, I painted an\nangel wing on one side to represent the part of him that identifies as Adam,\nand I painted a demonic wing on the other side to illustrate the part of him\nthat identifies with Satan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On the heavenly side that illustrated\nAdam\u2019s half of the painting, the canvas is filled with bright colors that bring\na lightness to the world. The other main thing I reflected was the cabin that\nthe creation spends a lot of time near. I felt like the time the creation spent\nnear the cabin was a defining time for him. The creation can see how happy the\nfamily is living in the cabin, which is why I painted the cabin to look bright,\nnew, and full of life and happiness. The creation only wants a family that will\nlove and accept him, which he never truly receives. However, he makes progress\nat reaching this goal as he makes contact with the older gentleman at the\ncabin. We come to find out that the old man is blind, which allows the creation\nto build a sense of community and belonging because the old man listens and\ndoes not judge him for what he looks like. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This sense of belonging is disrupted\nby the able-bodied man who arrives and begins yelling at the creation to get\naway and out of the cabin. The events that follow are portrayed on the hellish\nside of the painting. After staying away for a little while, the creation returns\nto find that the cabin is empty, dark, and decrepit. He realizes that the family\nis gone, as well as his only friend. He bonds with the old man, who understands\nhim, and then it is taken and ripped away from him. On the left side of the\npainting, the cabin is reflected, but looks the way the creation sees it after\nthe people have left. The cabin is in a sense dying due to the lack of life and\nhappiness from the family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I wanted to represent how the\ncreation views the world throughout the novel, and I feel as if I completed my\ngoal of doing so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Word Count: 807<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I pledge. Alexandra Slaughter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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