Paul F. Olson » Desecrating the Written Word http://paulfolson.com A Journal of Miscellany and Disorder Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:24:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 Art or Desecration? http://paulfolson.com/2007/04/15/art-or-desecration/ http://paulfolson.com/2007/04/15/art-or-desecration/#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:46:06 +0000 Paul http://paulfolson.com/2007/04/15/art-or-desecration/ I don’t know whether to be amused, amazed or appalled:

Strange things done with books

Artistic, yes, even beautiful. But also slightly disturbing, at least for those of us who treat our books like beloved family members.

Perhaps this is the next step in a world where fewer and fewer people read for pleasure but more and more buy “junk books” by the foot or yard, pre-sorted by color and size, to decorate their living rooms and offices.

One hundred years from now, what will art historians make of these pieces and the society that spawned them?

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