The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds, A Quickwrite

 Today's blog post is going to be what is referred to as a quick write, inspired by the book, "The Dot" by Peter Reynolds. A quick write is when you take two to three minutes and write about your feelings, thoughts, or reflections from a chosen illustration, quote, or theme within a book. 

    When reading The Dot, I think it is easy for everyone to see a bit of themselves within the character Vashti. At first, she felt discouraged, and like her little dot wasn't good enough to be called art. However, when she came into art class the next day and saw her signed dot hung on the wall in a frame, it made her feel like her dot was the most important and special dot in the world- because it was! This gave her the enthusiasm to take pride in her work, no matter how small it was. Later, her dots began to inspire others. This story speaks several things to me, one, it shows just how inspiring teachers can be, and how special they can help their students to feel, by doing such small things like framing a dot. Two, we should "sign our names" on all the things we do in life. By that I mean that we should take pride in all of our good works, no matter how big or small they are! 

Above is an image of my "dot". Now, this is meant to look like a sunrise or sunset over a landscape. However, my grandmother mentioned to me that it kind of reminds her of Covid-19, which I think is pretty symbolic of how 2020 is going, haha. I had an image in my mind of how I wanted this to look, and if you look closely, you can see all the mistakes. My dot was not perfect, not even close. However, it also happens to be one of the most artistic things I've ever done. I've never painted on canvas, never mixed colors like I did here, and I've never used the brush stroke method that I used- but I had a vision and went with it, and I am so proud of how it turned out!