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I discovered this in my parents library. It took me a while to realise the cover reads 'Massage' and not 'Message'.

This book is designed with images alongside the text, or text alongside the images. What makes the combination so strong is that the images don't illustrate the text, they simply accompany it with sometimes subtle references, and other times striking visuals that we can't ignore, altering the way we understand the content.

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-I discovered this book in my parents library..
+I discovered this in my parents library. It took me a while to realise the cover reads 'Massage' and not 'Message'.
-It took me a while to realise the cover reads 'Massage' and not 'Message' because we all know the title 'The Medium is the Message' so well.
-Being a visually influenced person, the content of the book is speaks to me so much more when there is a strong image accompanying the text. I try not to say illustrate, because that is too direct, and that is not the purpose of the image.
+This book is designed with images alongside the text, or text alongside the images. What makes the combination so strong is that the images don't illustrate the text, they simply accompany it with sometimes subtle references, and other times striking visuals that we can't ignore, altering the way we understand the content.
+[[File:Handmassage.png]]
+[[File:Thebookmassage.png]]