Final Map - Chiara Montali

 “Convergence” is the word central to my theory as indicated by the bright coloring of the word and arrows pointing to it. It’s what gets the ball rolling in composing. It’s the starting point because it’s this big pot of the composer’s experience, knowledge, and perspective that’s all coming together and acting as the raw material that will then be organized and circulated. But without a convergence of ideas, there’s nothing to organize or circulate.

My first intention was to cut out images I found in The New Yorker to symbolize the words in my composing theory. I had a difficult time finding any images that matched my words; so, I went the kindergarten way and used markers and highlighters to create my map. With these tools I had more artistic freedom than cutting and pasting a printed picture from the magazine, however I could have combined the two materials and “customized” the images if I had found pictures I liked. While I had the affordance of my art materials to draw whatever I want, I suffered the limitation of lacking the artistic ability to create the images I had in mind.

I count on the audience’s instinct to read left to right, starting the map on the left. From the left, their eyes follow the arrow to the right as it encircles a drawing of the world. Their eyes are then led up by a pink bracket to the product of circulation and time: innovation. The arrows throughout the map further establish composing as a cycle.

I will probably put my map into text form on my "About Me" to explain the factors I consider when I create.