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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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-Why this book?
+I discovered this in my parents library. It took me a while to realise the cover reads 'Massage' and not 'Message'.
-I discovered it in my parents library. It took me a while to realise the cover reads 'Massage' and not 'Message' because we all know the original title so well.
+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.
-Being a visually influenced person, the content of the book speaks to me so much more when there is a strong image accompanying the text. I specifically don't say illustrate, because that is too direct, and that is not the purpose of the image.
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