Seven Reasons Why Book Art Makes Me Uncomfortable
Categories: Baby Teeth, Literary
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That thing you're holding is the paper version of what you can also find online, on a tablet, on your phone, on your computer, through your augmented-reality glasses -- whatever. It's an artform that bibliophiles are doing everything they can to keep together, when what's (scarily) becoming more popular is cutting them apart.
Sure, we get it; A book can make a great base for an art project. And who said a range of media was a bad thing? It's not. But, there's just something about defacing a book that makes that same noise the dentist's scraper does as it trails across an upper molar. Here's why ...
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7. Um, you just cut into the cover of that book.
There's a certain panic some people feel when they discover that the dust jacket on a hardback had been bent, torn, or otherwise damaged.
That pain, though, quickly subsides with the discovery of the undercover -- the soft, linen-textured cover that hides beneath. There's a smell and a feel of a great hardcover. And you just tore that shit apart to make an ugly purse. Awesome.
6. Painted pages
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Look, I'm all for books with illustrations. Words and pictures have a long history of communicating and getting along just fine. But you've clearly just messed up the playing field.
5. The Bookerarium
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You can't keep a plant alive, so you killed a book instead. Nice.
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