Liz & Kalli #19 Book

This week for the Liz and Kalli art project the word is book. Liz's on top and Kalli's is on the bottom. I really love textures, smells and end papers of old books. I scanned in a bunch from my collection and made a collage with them. The stripes in back remind me of spines of books and the ship in the middle is from a really old book about ship model making. I find that there was more of an emphasis on craftsmanship with older books. Books were regarded as more of an art form than a media outlet. I really appreciate how special old books feel, even old cookbooks and textbooks. Kalli describes her photo more as a self-portrait than a crafty thing, but she mentioned that she did find the dresser drawer on the sidewalk and she repurposed it as a little "bookshelf." Kalli examines the books she's collected and what they say about her and her shifting interests. Here is what she says about her books, "It may be hard to make some of them out so there are: travel books, forensic science, books by chefs and food reviewers (The Man Who Ate Everything has a glare on it), short stories by Shirley Jackson and others (Zoetrope), books about sociological trends, design and fabrication, film (film noir, production, etc), Eastern religion and philosophy (Bhagavad Gita is the skinny one), french language, a little bit of science fiction, classic (Ethan Frome at the bottom) and modern fiction that mostly leans towards tragedy or at least dark humor... and of course photography. Also, two sort of flukes are "A People's History of the United States" (I usually find US history pretty dull and haven't finished it), and "Howl" by Ginsberg, one of the only poets I have the patience to read." That collection does reveal a lot about Kalli, a lot that I didn't know. For example her interest in Eastern religion and philosophy and forensic science?? Who knew?