This is really just a summary of the book, A River Runs Through It. I have also included some image ideas, which I will expand on more throughout the weekend.
Jessica Madelyn Bengtson
Computers and Art
Book description and imagery
A River Runs Through It
This novella is set in the beautiful state of Montana around the 1930s and depicts the life and life lessons of a Presbyterian family, focusing on the two brothers. The father is a preacher and tries to build his family up around good values, hard work and lots and lots of fishing! The younger brother Paul is as wild and untamed as the nature in which he surrounds himself. His passion is fly-fishing, but his unruly behavior leads to drinking and gambling. His life is off-tilt and chaotic, but he finds his peace/sanctuary in the riverbanks. His older brother Norman has returned from college on the east coast and comes back in the summer to spend time with his brother fly fishing, trying to help Paul figure out his path and bring him back around. The novella filters metaphysical questions in through the experiences they encounter fly-fishing and life in general. My favorite idea from this book is we as human beings can surround, engulf and integrate ourselves in something so powerful: nature itself.
Some image ideas:
Integrating theme in landscape imagery
Logan Canyon Dams- people fishing
Two brothers fishing
Landscape panorama to wrap around the book cover
A church and a mountain: which would be a comparison of where people find their place of peace
A flowing river, slow shutter speed to create movement
Alcohol, gambling and fly-fishing
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