RR 10

Reading Response #10

Fiction art-based research is vital in helping students express themselves as well as having me collect data regarding what students interpretation of bullying is. Although this is a serious social issue, art can be utilized to bring easy to students about the severity of the issue as well as using art for students to express themselves. After viewing examples of fiction based art, I found many interesting and useful forms of art that I will utilize throughout my research. I think abstract art is a great tool to use during my research because students can tell a story through both their art and their narrative. I will ask students to create an abstract piece of art and as they are creating this piece of art, students will use narrative to tell the story of their picture. The colors they use will describe what they are feeling, at that time about the topic discussed. I feel that colors can tell a story within themselves, for example, various dark colors can be used to describe frustration, sorrow, etc. while bright colors describe happiness, love, etc. Students can use any combination of colors to describe their feelings about the topic bullying. As students tell their stories through colors, they can narrate their image but writing phrases, words, or sentences to tell a story about bullying. This activity is open for interpretation, so students have the freedom to create a story using colors and words.