Diagrammatic Essay of Malachi

So even though I am just listening to the Old Testament Foundations class by Iain Provan, I decided to play around with the first assignment... a diagrammatic essay on a book of the OT. I picked Malachi because I knew very little about it and it was short. Plus it fits in with my curiosity about the entanglements of the old and new testaments.
But before I could even begin, I had to do a bit of research (the google type) about just what the heck a diagrammatic essay is. No matter how hard I listened to the class on my I-pod, it was nearly impossible to see the overheads that Dr. Provan was using as good examples and bad examples. I did glean from the class that a lot of text was bad, and that color was good. That I should be focused on presenting the entire book in a 1-2 page picture/diagram document that could be used as an overhead. The assignment could be hand-drawn or done by computer (although he assured us that content was more important than a fancy program or printer).
Initially, I drew the assignment by hand, but then decided to play around on the computer, also. The results are less than ideal... since I have neither a fancy program, nor such a printer AND my last computer art experience was about 20 years ago.
In any case, it was much more fun than I thought it would be and gave me something to do while my sore throat blazes away and my total body aches have me confined to the sofa. If you have the time or inclination, this is a wonderful exercise to try.

Just in case you're wondering what I meant by the above drawing (since my guess is it is not obvious...)
Key: the crude, childlike drawings from left to right represent the six disputes found in the book: Israel's doubt/questioning of God's love for them, Israel's disrespect of God as shown through the offering of blemished sacrifices (blind,lame bull), Israel's theft of God's tithe, Israel's unfaithfulness through multiple wives and abandonment of the wife of one's youth, Israel's questioning God's justice and Israel's denial that following the Lord is good.
The three intertwining ropes represent the three covenants listed that bind Israel and God, and are used by God to pull Israel back towards repentance and Himself.
The flame ahead of Israel on the path is Elijah who is preparing the way/making straight the path towards the cross. The eyes full of love and the all-consuming flames surrounded by 12 crowns represent His majesty,the 12 tribes of Israel, a perfect number of completeness and thus abstractly portray the Lord God overseeing all- Jew and Gentile alike. The drawings attached to Israel by red strings show the pull that these things have over Israel to lead her not only off the path, but render her fragmented. The path surrounded by blue provides echoes of the Exodus and the crossing of the sea by God's provision. Thus underlying all the disputes as unfounded and offensive. The angel in the corner is a symbol of God's messenger- one meaning of the word Malachi.