In-Class Exercise: Glyph

  1. Take a large sheet of paper (11x17” is fine).

  2. Write a list of three sources of joy.

  3. Write a list of three fears.

  4. Choose one of these, and apply a process of abstraction and resolution:

    1. What is it about the joy or fear you find compelling?

    2. What is a simplified form or more general case?

    3. How else could you resolve it?

  5. Draw a representation of your refined idea as a graphic using one continuous movement of a pen without lifting.