Journal Lesson
Great stories inspire art, theater, film, and music. Create new art from your favorite tales.
Great stories have been a source of inspiration for the theater, ballet, opera, art, film and music for centuries. Stories and characters created from pure imagination, told again, and again in so many creative ways. Stories like Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Anna Karenina, The Secret Garden, Alice In Wonderland, Madame Bovary, the list goes on and on.
Page after page, we wander along side of our favorite character and become a part of her experiences. Maybe we see parts of ourselves in them, the beauty, the broken parts, the passion, their strength and intelligence. This could be why we return to their stories over and over.
In this class we will look to our favorite stories and female characters for inspiration to create and tell new stories. You may feel inclined to reread an old favorite or a new book with fresh new characters.
I encourage you to watch the film and enjoy the visual beauty of the imagined world. Immerse yourself in the characters, the landscape, the time period, the costumes, the scene and set designs, and the musical score. Your imagination will be overflowing with ideas.
You will have complete artistic freedom to weave your own beautiful story and create inspired artwork that only you can create.
