hi sar
i thought i would do some 'blogging' about 'inspriation', since you you said you were feeling so uninspired and unproductive. i was thinking- it's so hard to take all of these beautiful things you see everyday; these sensibilities and qualities you are drawn to in other work that somehow resonates on an instinctual level, and translate these things that genuinely exist inside you to your own work. i guess that's the obvious challenge doing this kind of thing.
anyway, took a trip to yale a few weeks ago to see two incredible exibitions at two different libraries at yale; one at at the rare books library, the other i can't remember which library. i took some photos actually with YOU in mind because you said you are working on communication/books etc. for your thesis. the first was about new ways to communicate through the printed matter (and old library files):
the second exibition was called "book of secrets; alchemy and the european imagination". there were hand painted panels from the 15th century, books with hand written recipes for alchemist magic, incredible hand-bound books; incredible. i've collected some images for you; maybe these will 'inspire' your 'inspriation'.
love you.
ps: talk about inspriation: wowsers (beineke rare books library, yale campus)
1 comment:
gorgeous and totally inspiring, lis! and yes, hard but maybe not, to get in touch with the inner and outer inspirations...
that card catalog installation from yale is amazing... something i have been thinking about a lot: the loss of such things like card catalogs, the things that have gone along with the printed page for centuries...
xo
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