Literature inspires artwork at USC’s Writing Center (USC - University of Southern California)

(Source: USC - University of Southern California) Delicately cut paper represents a tightrope walker crossing the rooftops of New York City's Twin Towers, as in the novel Let the Great World Spin. Life-size concrete hands reach out in various poses, illustrating the emotional states of Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye. A painting of a young boy running down an empty school hallway is a moody scene inspired by Fahrenheit 451. These and other works of art created by USC students have transformed The Writing Center into an art gallery. Chrystal Li, an environmental studies major with a minor in communication studies, recreated the pivotal scene from Let the Great World Spin by...