This Book Has No Nature Poems

ART 53, day 26

2016/06/22 — Leave a comment

This Is Fifty-Three, day 26

Minor adjustments yesterday—matched images to the handful of poems that did not yet have any, deleted a couple of poems I changed my mind about, and shuffled around the order a bit. Continue reading

ART 53, day 25

2016/06/21 — Leave a comment

This Is Fifty-Three, day 25

Thanks to a lull in the action, I was able to work a bit on the book yesterday. It had been long enough that I sort of lost track of where I was, but the main task was to update some of what I had already worked on, incorporating some of my newer poems, and taking out others. Continue reading

ART 53, days 22 & 23

2016/05/24 — Leave a comment

This Is Fifty-Three, days 22 & 23

I finished the preliminary layout for the Oddities section today.

As the screenshots below demonstrate, I did not necessarily give every spread the wacky treatment. In part, that was to let the poems speak for themselves, but it was also to let the material dictate the treatment of each spread. Continue reading

ART 53, day 19

2016/05/18 — Leave a comment

This Is Fifty-Three, day 19

With yesterday being Sneezefest here in Kevinland, I did not even attempt to work on anything. I generated so much laundry from all the sneezing that it’s almost embarrassing.

That led to some major vacuuming today—I’m talking about taking out area rugs, moving furniture, all that. Among other things, I found the Diana camera I bought at a yard sale five years ago, and a wooden box that’s almost perfect for keeping the books that are currently in my to-read pile.

But enough of what could be a huge digression if I don’t cut it off here. While taking a break from all the vacuuming and moving furniture, I played around a little bit with layout stuff. Continue reading

ART 53, day 18

2016/05/13 — Leave a comment

This Is Fifty-Three, day 18

I feel like I lost a bit of momentum today, even though I worked most of the afternoon and made some progress. I think the problem I’m running into is that I want this section to be adventurous, and even ‘weird’, but not for the sake of weirdness alone. In fact, I’m pretty sure that I’ll be re-doing a couple of the spreads I worked on today. Continue reading

ART 53, day 17

2016/05/12 — Leave a comment

This Is Fifty-Three, day 17

It occurred to me late last night that this veritable extravaganza of a book I am working on could turn out to be quite expensive. All the photos and color and bleeds I want will require better paper, which will mean choosing the ‘premium’ option (basically, what you’d expect from a book of photography) when it comes to actually getting the thing printed, thus adding to the cost.

At this point, that means I am working on a book that I may not be able to afford to produce. Grrr… Continue reading