Columnar Journaling, 2008
Who goes through the trouble of making a book of nonsense, thoughtless writing? Yea. And believe me, making a book is not simple. It takes some real obsessive compulsive people to do so. It is not all nonsense in the sense that the writing is about, how can I put it...book artist block. I was blocked so I allowed the block to flow out of me through an actual book. It has a sequence, a title, with a colophon and all. You can unfold open the pages! Those who are curious enough will find that you can and will be able to read some extra writing. It is fun "nonsense."
I enjoy creating out of recycled materials. The pages are recycled columnar pad paper, folded in half then sowed into a Coptic style stitch (my favorite kind of stitch-binding). The boards are also recycled from drawing pads. This book was born from one of those "I don't know what to do for this assignment" in John Risseuuw's artists books class.
