"It's pacman. And he's going to see Jesus."
For our project on surrealism, one student is painting exactly that. It's pacman. Going to see Jesus. The big yellow guy is on one side, gobbling up ice cream cones on his way across the page to a cross.
"See? It's pacman going to see Jesus!" he keeps telling me.
I helped him draw the pacman ghosts as angels with wings and a halo. He graciously let me keep it as a sample for future classes. It is the funniest thing I have ever seen.
"It's pacman. Going to see Jesus!"
Also, as part of the project, students read some surrealist literature and composed a surreal story to accompany their painting. Below, the legend of pacman going to see Jesus. A new religion, anyone? (Is it any less plausible, or relevant to modern times, than the Mormon bible?)
6 comments:
Haha! Awesome!
What Surrealist literature did you have them read?
Mainly French surrealist poetry by Philippe Soupault and Robert Desnos. A good sampler (with illustrations) is found here:
http://www.jbeilharz.de/surrealism/surrealism.html
Did you notice that the ghosts still look kind of scared, even after seeing Jesus?
That is hilarious! Tres Daliesque. Please keep it hanging in your room. I will come down just to look it when I am having a "these things are sent to try us day".
It's currently on display at the BCHQ, which is a funny counter-point to the serious-minded music usually performed there.
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