Assignment 4: Planning

Assignment 4 calls for the creation of a book cover, imaginary or real, in which adjustment or manipulation is employed. The written description calls for something as simple as shading one area of the image where a title might be inserted.

The brief is similar to exercises in TAOP:

1.  Juxtaposition:  http://freedomtolook.blogspot.ae/2013/06/exercise-juxtuaposition.html

2.  Rain:  http://freedomtolook.blogspot.ae/2013/06/exercise-42-rain.html

In preparation I have been considering returning to a Buddhist theme.  The Pali suttas are full of wonderful similes, a list of some of them can be found here:  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/index-similes.html

I'd love to do the arrow, but the parable involves an impaled body, which might also include a bit of blood.  Maybe a bit beyond my abilities at present.

The raft is also a classic, but will require a bit of searching.  Perhaps on my Friday morning bicycle ride I'll visit the beach and marina and see if there's anything useable. 

One that seems easily doable is a set of six hooks (the six senses), arranged into a nice geometric pattern, or perhaps dug into a surface of some kind.  An alternative could be a coat hanger with six hooks, each holding something representative of each of the senses.  

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