[image_with_animation image_url=”7482″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Every day, librarians across America are called to respond to book murders. Each homicide case is tragic, but there are few cases more heartbreaking and more difficult to understand than serial book murder.
For years, library scientists, academics, and mental health experts have studied serial book murder, asking why, when there is so much scrap paper and so many pens, why an artist would need to render the flesh from a fully formed and innocent text. Known serial cutters include Brian Dettmer, and Noriko Ambe’s deadly duo super cuttings in team with ED Rushca for “Artists who make pieces, Artists who do books.” Still some serial murders remain unsigned, such as the Nerhol Alphabet I found on pinterest. These diverse groups have long attempted to understand the complex issues related to serial book murders. Only Andrea Myers and Maud Vantours remain on the unbound side of this solemn moral issue. The authors, publishers, and future readers of these now unknowable books have my heartfelt sympathies.
Scrap Paper Artists
Content warning: Merciful, with scrap paper. No books were harmed. Appropriate for all viewers.
Content warning: The writers of this blog do not condone this morally corrupted act. Some of these images illustrate literary texts, and may be inappropriate for younger audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.
Frohsin is another painter on the list of Carlos San Millan’s favorites. He had talked about wanting to develop his work into more flat color fields, a move towards the abstract. These paintings by Frohsin and others are his inspirations. I liked these abstracted figures so much I did some research and found more of …
I’ll be sharing my drawings on Facebook. I’d love to see yours too. Maybe your posts will inspire more people to join the challenge. Post your pics to Facebook: SeattleArtLeague, or Instagram: SeattleArtLeague. #drawingaday #seattleartleague – or email them to me. I’d love to see what you create!
Book Murderers
[image_with_animation image_url=”7482″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Every day, librarians across America are called to respond to book murders. Each homicide case is tragic, but there are few cases more heartbreaking and more difficult to understand than serial book murder.
For years, library scientists, academics, and mental health experts have studied serial book murder, asking why, when there is so much scrap paper and so many pens, why an artist would need to render the flesh from a fully formed and innocent text. Known serial cutters include Brian Dettmer, and Noriko Ambe’s deadly duo super cuttings in team with ED Rushca for “Artists who make pieces, Artists who do books.” Still some serial murders remain unsigned, such as the Nerhol Alphabet I found on pinterest. These diverse groups have long attempted to understand the complex issues related to serial book murders. Only Andrea Myers and Maud Vantours remain on the unbound side of this solemn moral issue. The authors, publishers, and future readers of these now unknowable books have my heartfelt sympathies.
Scrap Paper Artists
Content warning: Merciful, with scrap paper. No books were harmed. Appropriate for all viewers.
Book Murderers
Content warning: The writers of this blog do not condone this morally corrupted act. Some of these images illustrate literary texts, and may be inappropriate for younger audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.
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