36 mini books

topic posted Tue, June 8, 2004 - 5:45 PM by  jasmine
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they are "books" small white 3 pages acordian bind 35 in all

something general something strange...lets unify this next mailing some how...i was thinking of just making it a word and some how you have to include that word in your "book"
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jasmine
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  • Re: 36 mini books

    Tue, June 8, 2004 - 6:03 PM
    this is a hard one...
    i was thinking multiply
    or
    alternate.
    but not so sure those would look good as words in the work...
    • Re: 36 mini books

      Tue, June 8, 2004 - 9:32 PM
      I would only discourage this as there is something alreadyt out there like it:

      www.1000journals.com
      • Re: 36 mini books

        Wed, June 9, 2004 - 1:12 PM
        these are small books that fit in your hand
        they only have 3 pages, very limiting
        they will be created, aside from basic construction,
        by a single author....1000journals are circulating colabrative journals with many pages and no unifing theme
        although i love 1000 journals
        i want this to be a piece that does not rely on numbers and chance so heavily.
  • Re: 36 mini books

    Thu, June 10, 2004 - 8:25 AM
    Love
    Fart
    change
    • Re: 36 mini books

      Sun, June 13, 2004 - 7:26 PM
      Anger, fear, sex & death (a good punk compilation)
      • Re: 36 mini books

        Mon, June 14, 2004 - 9:13 PM
        Birth, School, Work, Death.

        Who was that? Not the Smithereens?
        • Re: 36 mini books

          Wed, June 16, 2004 - 1:01 PM
          profane
          sleep
          hunted
          chaos
          • Re: 36 mini books

            Thu, June 17, 2004 - 9:14 AM
            i think im going to leave the content up to the reciever...and just start sending these out..i think the form is beautiful, when you get yours ...if you want a book, hold it out by the middle page. im thinking of hanging these like that, for display...ill post a picture.
            • Re: 36 mini books

              Thu, June 17, 2004 - 10:49 AM
              so are we each completing one book, or are we sending them around?
              • Re: 36 mini books

                Thu, June 17, 2004 - 1:30 PM
                i will send you one book ...what you do with it is your bussiness....complete it by yourself, with others, send it else where , whatever... aslong asit is then returned to me...i just cant cordinate all that swapiing stuff.j
                • Re: 36 mini books

                  Thu, June 17, 2004 - 1:43 PM
                  totally-
                  i wasn't trying to make more work for you.
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                    Re: 36 mini books

                    Thu, June 17, 2004 - 9:56 PM
                    i wasnt trying to sound angry, just typeing quick.
                    • Re: 36 mini books

                      Mon, June 28, 2004 - 6:25 PM
                      Not a theme so much as maybe a delimiter. What each person chooses has to be a concrete as opposed to an abstract. Toothpicks, e.g.; I think I saw "lemons" + that would work. abstractions like love, death, justice would not. same principle as in writing; concrete always being better and enforcing a constraint often has the opposite effect, wild mind creativity, astounding outcome...
                      • Re: 36 mini books

                        Tue, June 29, 2004 - 8:47 AM
                        I agree about constraints often spurring creativity. But it also strikes me that abstracts work better with visual art than in writing, since it's an interpretation of the abstract away from the constraints of word or even thought.
                        Still, I'll repeat my suggestions. Verbs are concrete, even if they aren't objects:
                        Count me in on the three-pg mini book idea-
                        word suggestions:

                        delphinium
                        salivate
                        trudge
                        alchemy
                        pince nez

                        • Re: 36 mini books

                          Tue, June 29, 2004 - 6:58 PM
                          I hear what you're saying and know what you mean, agree to some extent but... let's just for a second forget about the medium used to express whether it's words, curled paper, or reeds, what have you, put that aside just for the moment, right, and think about it --- love, fear, justice, etc, these big abstractions I think tend to make for trouble because they're so overdone so proliferate as to be uninspiring. (and kind of end up in likewise output) I think. the more precision in naming gets the associative-self (creativity) going; and then, too, the path has to bend around and twist around, find a new route or way of working with the named if that particular named is experienced as an obstacle, which can happen. For example, think "love" and what comes to mind? Think "aloe" or "jackhammer" and you do see something more clearly...
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    Re: 36 mini books

    Wed, June 30, 2004 - 6:55 PM
    I really like this mini book idea and would like to be included.

    I also support the idea of a theme, or jumping-off point. A collective (or plural) noun would both be limiting and give a good-size playing field. Some ideas:

    flocks
    tribes (!)
    library
    collection
    orchestra
    climate
    neighborhood
    family

    With or without a theme, it's still good.

    -Amy
    • Re: 36 mini books

      Fri, September 10, 2004 - 4:32 PM
      Have the mini-books been sent? I haven't gotten mine yet, but I'm on the list (and excited!!!!)

      Daiyu
      • Re: 36 mini books

        Thu, September 16, 2004 - 5:54 AM
        i have not sent the books...i am working on making more...including more than 36 people now. and i want to mail them all at one....so please bare with me.

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