The project starts to coalesce.
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People who've expressed interest, and agreed to be interviewed and sketched:
Rachel Barenblat, one of my delightful blog-quaintances
Roberta Rosenberg, a friend I've known for years
Francis Raffalovich, the father of a work colleague
Donald Haughey, a recent acquaintance and art professor at St. Edwards University
More, hopefully, to come. Although not all may be used in the prototype, I want to be able to expand the project if I find it's interesting enough.
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Visual organization:
Horizontal layout (I'll work as if pages would be printed 9"w x 6"d, since that's a standard format available on Lulu.com)
A grid structure, based on a 4x4 grid (riffing on the quartile "Dawn," "Midday," "Dusk," and "Night" sectioning of Time) to provide continuity. The grid will function like invisible "bones" whose armature visually connects each spread.
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The questions:
Background questions: Name, faith and/or practice name, age, their age when they began their current practice, city or region they reside in.
Content questions:
"Dawn" -- Tell me about the beginnings of your practice/faith.
"Midday" -- How do you balance other aspects of your life with your practice/faith, how do other parts of your life interpenetrate your practice?
"Dusk" -- How has your faith/practice changed over time, or how have your experiences with the world changed over time as a result of your faith/practice?
"Night" -- What is the most unexpected, most surprising experience or outcome you've had so far connected to your practice/faith?
Is there an object--personal or otherwise--which is very meaningful to you in the context of your faith/practice? (I want to get a photo-reference for it, either directly or through other means.)
Is there anything else I should know about your practice/faith that I don't, and that you'd be comfortable sharing through this project?
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Appointments and email assignations will be set, art supplies will be sourced...and I'll post more as it unfolds.
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2 comments:
Seeing that Rachel's involved gets me extra interested in seeing how this project shapes up.
Also, i very much like the questions you've got.
This is a brilliant structure. I'm so glad you're sharing the process with your readers. I'm curious and eager to see how the project unfolds.
thank you!
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