Gail Helen Bremner

Book Art

Posted on May 5th, 2007 by gail helen.
Categories: Personal, Literary, Omnia Vanitas, Meta-Fors.

I love books.  They are the way, the truth, and the light — No Joke.  This obsession is a little strange as I get almost all my information online and rarely look at my books except for fond memories or when I can’t find the equivalent information or text in a digital format.  But my personal library is quite substantial, although I once sold a bunch under the prompting of a boyfriend who was tired of stepping over them, a decision I still very much resent to this day.  I don’t believe that books should be locked up or put away, but rather should be open and accessible to anyone who visits my home, nor do I believe that books need to be handled with archivist precision, although I do have a thing about deliberately damaging texts.  I recently discovered this site of Book Art which is just amazing.  I guess if you are going to cut up works of literature, its a little more okay if its to make it a work of art . . . Check out the personal catalogue of Georgia Russell to see her amazing work, including the one below, which is entitled Memoire.  She’s Scottish, which is a bonus. 

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