IMPORTANT > NARRATIVE

Hi everyone. I am looking forward to seeing some imaginative work as we meet today after the study break and long weekend. You have had a good amount of time to analyse, ponder, draw, model and explore possibilities for assignment 2. I have received some narratives and research from you over the two weeks and some good drawings and sketch models have come through.

I would suggest that you all take plenty of time to formulate clear and well written narrative sentences. Some of the language coming through is convoluted and unnecessarily wordy. The idea is to ‘translate’ the emotive reading of the painting into activities so that there is a design brief. Remember Xing's example about the tall man in a tower who enjoys stamp collecting... it is uncomplicated but gives parameters to create a design.

example: "A heart broken woman spends her days and nights in her house atop the headland. She writes constantly... recounting stories from her past. She hovers at the edge, gazing out over the crashing waves below."

This narrative clearly sets a scene and allows us to imagine a place. It gives parameters for a design. Remember to imbue your text with strong sense of story and character.