Is reading the same thing as looking?

This one was fun! I enjoyed just about every part of the process, though it was touch and go for a bit. There’s like a chasm between the start and finish where I’m just hoping some life will pop out of it.

I don’t know if this is any more or less complicated than the last, but I like them together and am designing them for the printed experience, flipping from one into the next. My hope is that the reader will be arrested(the “captured attention” kind of arrested) with every page turn and slow into an atypical pace of reading, closer to the act of seeing maybe, looking closer. You could call it a kind of reading, but it’s not the treadmill kind modern entertainers stress as dominant.

Because I’m designing for print I actually do print them out. As mentioned earlier I’m certainly susceptible to liking something I made on a screen that won’t translate well to print, so when I do make something I enjoy more in print than on a screen it feels like a big win.

This is may be taking it too far, but getting the camera close enough to register the texture of the printed page felt like a good idea, or at least fun to see. An example of what life outside of a screen can provide, principally: daylight and texture.

I’m only using a home printer on basic paper but already getting excited about (potentially) my first foray into self publishing.

My wife is looking at a lot of Fairfield Porter these days and recommended I listen to this lecture he presented in the 60’s. I thought it was fascinating and also wanted to share some of his beautiful paintings.

Thanks for your attention! And remember, if you’re someone consciously trying to make something good and lasting expect it to feel difficult and probably uncomfortable most of the time. The feelings we want, like happiness, excitement, relief, peace, and patience are the reward of hard labor, they come out of struggle. There never was a master who didn’t first begin as an apprentice. See you next week!