User:Mxrwho/Photobook

The first topic addressed: Seeking and finding answers through repetition, and the attraction of the familiarity found in repetition.

I gather pictures from my almost daily walk. Same place, completely different result. Thoughts on the subject resulted in the text:

Repetition

Locked in a series of movements

in a frame made of gestures

circling words

and behavioral loops

that I had to repeat

(until I broke through)

I learned that progress is a spiral

and that there is no such thing

As repetition.

Although I memorize the steps

I follow the sequence

I copy and paste

the half-empty days

and their dummies for reference:

A sunset, a beach, a building.

The pattern is similar but

there is no identical point in time

and each repetition brings me closer

to a still escaping answer.

But

even after I quench my question

I keep going back

to the comfort of the familiar

because after all

I am just a creature of habit.

The first edition of this book is printed in limited numbered and signed copies. Each copy is unique and fully handmade.

The book was made using FLOSS tools. The images were edited with GIMP and the typesetting with Scribus.

The pictures below show the first one of these copies: pp. 48, grayscale, 11x12 (cm), archival paper 100gr (Conqueror, oyster) on archival paper 240gr, (Dali, chamois), chain stitch. At the end you'll find the .pdf of the color version (in print):