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Story behind the Story (Appreciating Art)
7 years ago
Hi,
So, I want to talk about my story, “Appreciating Art”, which you can read here first if you don't want spoilers (or just want to know what I'm talking about): http://www.furaffinity.net/view/25469883/ (contains F/F sexiness)
The seed idea for the story is two women visiting an art museum, one who gets very flustered by the nekkid statuary. Part of her connection to this is art catalogs were her closest thing to porn growing up. This may be based on the author's own adolescence. *cough* (The statue 'Kaylani Admiring Herself is based on the statue of Venus admiring her own ass in a pool; a favorite of teenage me.)
The story idea came pretty quick, one being a fairly snooty art enthusiast and her impatient not-at-all interested girlfriend. I ran into a hurdle fairly quickly in actually following the flow through the museum. I started trying to make up art exhibits to annoy her. A whole exhibit of artistic chairs that she wasn't allowed to sit in would be the crux of her annoyance. But I felt this was too on the nose. It felt too much like some writer dude sitting in his apartment trying to imagine dumb art to mock.
So, since I live in the suburbs of Chicago, it was time to take a train ride into the city and visit the Art Institute of Chicago for inspiration.
Quite a bit of that story was fleshed out walking through those galleries. I originally intended to tell the tale from Fay's perspective, but here realized it worked far better from Abby's. Most of Fay's observations throughout the museum are based on my own wandering the AIC. The hydrometer, the floor tile mosaic, and the display of furniture she becomes enamored with were all taken from the galleries in the art museum. Even her pizza lunch was exactly what I had and exactly my thoughts as I ate it.
When I got home that night, I had the whole story in my head. It was done within the next day or two. So yeah, that's some stuff that got put into fiction from my real life experiences.
Also, as a final note, a few months ago I was back in the AIC with friends. There at the time (and still at the time of writing this) was a temporary installation called 'Exercises in Seating.' It is, in short, a room of artistic chairs that you're not allowed to sit in.
The seed idea for the story is two women visiting an art museum, one who gets very flustered by the nekkid statuary. Part of her connection to this is art catalogs were her closest thing to porn growing up. This may be based on the author's own adolescence. *cough* (The statue 'Kaylani Admiring Herself is based on the statue of Venus admiring her own ass in a pool; a favorite of teenage me.)
The story idea came pretty quick, one being a fairly snooty art enthusiast and her impatient not-at-all interested girlfriend. I ran into a hurdle fairly quickly in actually following the flow through the museum. I started trying to make up art exhibits to annoy her. A whole exhibit of artistic chairs that she wasn't allowed to sit in would be the crux of her annoyance. But I felt this was too on the nose. It felt too much like some writer dude sitting in his apartment trying to imagine dumb art to mock.
So, since I live in the suburbs of Chicago, it was time to take a train ride into the city and visit the Art Institute of Chicago for inspiration.
Quite a bit of that story was fleshed out walking through those galleries. I originally intended to tell the tale from Fay's perspective, but here realized it worked far better from Abby's. Most of Fay's observations throughout the museum are based on my own wandering the AIC. The hydrometer, the floor tile mosaic, and the display of furniture she becomes enamored with were all taken from the galleries in the art museum. Even her pizza lunch was exactly what I had and exactly my thoughts as I ate it.
When I got home that night, I had the whole story in my head. It was done within the next day or two. So yeah, that's some stuff that got put into fiction from my real life experiences.
Also, as a final note, a few months ago I was back in the AIC with friends. There at the time (and still at the time of writing this) was a temporary installation called 'Exercises in Seating.' It is, in short, a room of artistic chairs that you're not allowed to sit in.
