"Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks."
    —Plutarch

Sister Gertrude Morgan thought music was very important, and I do, too. But you'd never be able to guess what I thought about music by looking at my tapes and CDs. So I decided to make covers for my cases. Now it's easy to see what music I like best! This is what I did:

• pencils (#2 and colored)
• scrap paper
• lightweight posterboard or heavy drawing paper
• scissors
• old magazines
• glue
• stiff brush for glue
• markers

• Play your tape or CD again.
• Do the sounds you're hearing remind you of anything? You may think of colors and shapes, or you may imagine a whole scene. Daydream while you listen.
• Make a quick sketch of whatever you're "seeing."

• On the posterboard, use a pencil to trace around the premade cover from your tape or CD case.
• Carefully cut our your new cover. Fold it like the old one so it will fit the case.
• Copy the design from your quick sketch.
• Expand your design to fill your cover. Don't forget the back and the hinge edge!

• Will magazine cut-outs be good for some areas? You can cut out one whole picture or parts of several pictures.
• Spread the glue evenly before pasting the cut-outs to your cover.
• Try gluing things on top of each other. It's fun to mix things you'd never expect to see together!
• Use your markers and colored pencils to fill in any blank areas or to change the colors of the printed ones.

• What did you picture in your mind when you listened to this music? When do you like to play it? Choose a name that tells something special about your tape or CD.
• Use markers or letters cut from magazines to put the name on your cover.
• Now everybody will know what you think!