The Unauthorized Audubon
The Unauthorized Audubon
LAURA B. DeLIND
ANITA SKEEN
Copyright Date: 2014
Published by: Michigan State University Press
https://doi.org/10.14321/j.ctt7zt4xq
Pages: 56
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.14321/j.ctt7zt4xq
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The Unauthorized Audubon
Book Description:

In an age of experts and individualism, metrics and competition,The Unauthorized Audubonis something of an anachronism. In fact, its creators, printmaker Laura B. DeLind and poet Anita Skeen, never set out to produce a book at all when they began exchanging prints and poems, but something happened along the way. As they began to appreciate at a deeper level the skill involved in each other's work, they began to find meaning in small things-a pattern, a memory, a carefully chosen word. In his essay "Plugging into Essential Sources," Eric Booth introduces the concept of "response-ability." He describes it as the capacity to connect with the artful work of another. It represents both our need and our promise to respond in an open, eager, and multi-sensual way to a world of possibility. Without this capacity we are crippled in our ability to imagine and to grow. This book is all about response-ability as experienced by the two artists and the visitors to an exhibit of their work at the Michigan State University Museum. This concept and activity animates the twenty-two bird-like spirits found herein, reminding us that there are other such spirits hovering expectantly just beyond the pages, simply waiting for the imagining.

eISBN: 978-1-60917-404-0
Subjects: Language & Literature, Art & Art History
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. i-iv)
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  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. v-vi)
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  3. Preface
    Preface (pp. vii-viii)
    Gary Morgan
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  4. Introduction
    Introduction (pp. ix-1)
    Laura B. DeLind and Anita Skeen
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    Poetry and relief printmaking are different artistic media. They use different tools. They appeal to different senses. They attract different audiences. Yet bringing these two creative forms together has expanded our ability to appreciate them both.

    We have found that despite their apparent differences, poetry and printmaking have much in common. Line and mass are critical elements for establishing the rhythm and structure of a poem. They are just as central to the composition and balance of a print. Repetition and high contrast are design principles often used to create a sense of power or conflict in a print. They...

  5. On Finding a Block Print Pinned Beneath the Windshield Wiper of My Car Parked in a Handicapped Space in a University Parking Lot
    On Finding a Block Print Pinned Beneath the Windshield Wiper of My Car Parked in a Handicapped Space in a University Parking Lot (pp. 3-3)
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  6. Awakening
    Awakening (pp. 5-5)
    LAURA B. DeLIND
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  7. Footnotes
    Footnotes (pp. 7-7)
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  8. Exclamation Birds
    Exclamation Birds (pp. 9-9)
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  9. Navajo Flute
    Navajo Flute (pp. 11-11)
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  10. Ojo del Pajaro
    Ojo del Pajaro (pp. 13-13)
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  11. Tortoise-Shell Tweeter
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  12. Onyx Eclipse
    Onyx Eclipse (pp. 17-17)
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  13. The Blessing Birds
    The Blessing Birds (pp. 19-19)
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  14. Four-Plumed French Falcon
    Four-Plumed French Falcon (pp. 21-21)
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  15. Appalachian Mustard Seed
    Appalachian Mustard Seed (pp. 23-23)
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  16. Winged Chameleon
    Winged Chameleon (pp. 25-25)
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  17. Beetle Birds
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  18. Brush Rustler
    Brush Rustler (pp. 29-29)
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  19. Corbie Rex
    Corbie Rex (pp. 31-31)
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  20. Pygmy Checkerboard
    Pygmy Checkerboard (pp. 33-33)
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  21. The Resurrection Birds
    The Resurrection Birds (pp. 35-35)
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  22. Two Words Leaving
    Two Words Leaving (pp. 37-37)
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  23. Twin-Tailed Wind Chime
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  24. DeLind’s Dancer
    DeLind’s Dancer (pp. 41-41)
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  25. Courier Owl
    Courier Owl (pp. 43-43)
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  26. Ever Since the Ark
    Ever Since the Ark (pp. 45-45)
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