Last year I was contacted by poet Alexandra Teague. She asked if I would be willing to create the art for the cover of her soon to be published book of poetry titled Mortal Geography. Many of the locations in the piece refer to poems in the book, places she's traveled to, etc. She said she felt that my work was a sort of "visual equivalent of her poetry", and that "Overall, the book explores the ways in which we navigate loss, love, history, language, the body, place, displacement, and other geographies of being human."
How perfect is that! Of course I said yes!
It arrived a few days ago, and it's so lovely. I am looking forward to reading it and I have a feeling it will likely be very inspiring for the directions in my own work. If you are interested in purchasing a copy of Mortal Geography, you can!
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Mortal Geography | 04.20.10
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4 comments:
Congratulations on the book! Looks excellent!
Congratulations, Shannon! It's a beautiful cover.
Thank you both!
wow! really fantastic shannon!
j.
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