@LisetteBrodey Thats amazing, I'm just trying to get this ONE finished, lol.
when I was in the 10th grade I failed english and had to take summer school. The teacher was a no nonsense "I cant believe you took my summer away" type, but she did something no one else did; encouraged creativity. Instead of assigning a book report, she showed us the painting 'Nighthawks' and asked us to tell her what was happening and who the people were.
@LisetteBrodey I thought it was dumb, because it was obvious, what would we gain by doing this? What I discovered is that everyone had a different story. I had no idea that a painting could be interpereted so many different ways, or that it could inspire a story of my own. I became a writer that day; in summer school english class with a bunch of fellow delinquints.