Student responses during a discussion of Chapter 9 of Read Until You Understand by Farrah Jasmine Griffin.
Questions posed during the discussion:
1. Griffin’s title for her book is “Read Until You Understand,” but in Chapter 9, Cultivating Beauty,
Griffin begins by visually describing a colorful artwork by Romare Bearden entitled The
Dressmaker. Thinking about Griffin’s visual description of that work, and the reflections and
memories it stirs for Griffin, how do you think we understand through looking? Do you think we
are understanding what we see (the artwork) or are we understanding ourselves?
2. This chapter is ultimately about beauty. How do you define beauty? Is an artwork’s beauty about
the final product (the art itself?) or is it in the making of it—the process? How do these
questions relate to Griffin’s memories of their mother in this chapter? How do they relate to
Giffin herself, and how do they relate to your own life?
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Student responses during a discussion of Chapter 9 of Read Until You Understand by Farrah Jasmine Griffin.
Questions posed during the discussion:
1. Griffin’s title for her book is “Read Until You Understand,” but in Chapter 9, Cultivating Beauty,
Griffin begins by visually describing a colorful artwork by Romare Bearden entitled The
Dressmaker. Thinking about Griffin’s visual description of that work, and the reflections and
memories it stirs for Griffin, how do you think we understand through looking? Do you think we
are understanding what we see (the artwork) or are we understanding ourselves?
2. This chapter is ultimately about beauty. How do you define beauty? Is an artwork’s beauty about
the final product (the art itself?) or is it in the making of it—the process? How do these
questions relate to Griffin’s memories of their mother in this chapter? How do they relate to
Giffin herself, and how do they relate to your own life?
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