(336) by Emily Dickinson
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© 2016
- Dimensions (in inches): 7.5 x 5.75 x 1.2
- Materials:various papers, ink, coffee as pigment, tyvek, acrylic, 10 pt. bristol, laser toner, graphite
- Collection of: University of Alberta, Bruce Peel Library Special Collections
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Bound in a hybrid style based on Hedi Kyle's Crown Binding, with accordion spine insert and pamphlet stitching, this book pairs collaged pages with one of my favorite Emily Dickinson texts.
Before I got my eye put out – (336) by Emily Dickinson
Before I got my eye put out –
I liked as well to see
As other creatures, that have eyes –
And know no other way –
But were it told to me, Today,
That I might have the Sky
For mine, I tell you that my Heart
Would split, for size of me –
The Meadows – mine –
The Mountains – mine –
All Forests – Stintless stars –
As much of noon, as I could take –
Between my finite eyes –
The Motions of the Dipping Birds –
The Morning’s Amber Road –
For mine – to look at when I liked,
The news would strike me dead –
So safer – guess – with just my soul
Opon the window pane
Where other creatures put their eyes –
Incautious – of the Sun –