Altered Book, second look

Driving back to Nashville today, I had another "Ah Ha" moment with the altered book! In giving me this book, Lauren forced me to think "outside the box". Math and I don't get along and this book was totally about math. I was forced to make art from math! Working with these grids pushed me through blocks. The brilliance of the altered book project is to get the artist to see in different ways from their normal. I realized at the time that it pulled me out of my right brain, where I tend to stay, but I didn't realize just how profound that can be for any artist. I moved on to the project book with a more open mind and a different vision than what I came in with. In the future, altered books will become a regular project for me and my students.