And a video, a reading of one of my little books of the mountain:
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little books of the mountain
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testing more layouts…
I have a video to share, which goes along with my drawing of the mountain and one of its thorn trees, a drawing which is now feeling much more possible, and maybe even nearly finished. Here is the video:
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mountain scrolls
Today some small experiments – making scroll forms from one of my prints. By unrolling the taller one, you can read the writing: a paragraph from one of my letters to myself: Yesterday you wrote about the strangeness, the unfamiliarity of the ordinary. This is a fundamental perception, that we don’t know reality until we […]
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a video fragment
A fragment of another book of the dark (video), made on Mynydd Llangyndeyrn. There is something that I like very much about this one, it may be that what I like about it is that it is so deeply imperfect, to the point of awkward. A bitter-sharp wind. My hands clumsy, numb fingers sticking out […]
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book of the dark
what is a book of the dark?having no idea how to answer this, I have made oneit is a test or a drafta starting point for myselfsomething to work from
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four scrolls
A short video, still working with the watercolour scroll forms. I heard a palliative care doctor talking once, she said that there are four things that people very often need to say before departing.
A sketch in film format that I made on the mountain at nightfall with a half moon rising. Its a film that is taking a scroll form. I’ve had an important realisation about what I am doing here – that I am really a book artist. I will write more about this later this week, […]
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