Book15

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SketchBooks

May 1992 - Sept 1992
store bought, laserprint on old bookpaper cover, 8x7 inches
Cover of sketchbook 15: the darkened, cracked contents page of an antique reader collaged under murky brown paint, entries like 'Trust in God' underlined in red Back cover of sketchbook 15: torn brown pages of a 19th-century elocution book pasted over grey board, a hymn on angels still legible at left

Sketchbook spread: at left a black ballpoint doll-like head with a red mouth on a stalk; at right, red ballpoint legs in heels reclining from the page corner Sketchbook spread of draped gowns drawn in ballpoint: a dark radiant dress labeled 'A Foolish Virgin' and two pale robes labeled 'A Wise Virgin' Tiny dark sketch of three standing figures side by side, scratched out of black ink Dense journal spread: an inked self-portrait beside a collaged red planet, columns of handwriting, and a blue profile facing a ghostly face — 'READ IT AND COMMIT ME' Journal spread 'MY PERFECT LIFE 30': a diagrammed stomach with handwritten confessions at left, a scrawled dark figure and notes on vomiting as remedy at right, dated 27 June 92 Sketchbook spread in red and blue ballpoint: a couple with a baby on a patterned couch, and opposite, a figure seen from behind in a white slip Sketchbook spread: a figure in red and green ballpoint asleep in an armchair, and opposite, a collaged anatomical heart ringed by a rhinestone bracelet with a red mitten below Journal spread: blue ballpoint knee studies wrapped in cursive about attraction and illness, skeleton torsos and shoe sketches, 'It's a perfect day for letting go' — 3 June 92 Journal spread filled edge to edge with handwritten lists of symptoms and side effects: cramps, dizziness, numbness, hallucinations, page after page in black ink Sketchbook spread: at left a dark X-ray-like film scratched with 'I TALK IN MY SLEEP ALL MY LIFE', at right black figures and circles slashed over red paint