Every sketchbook is assigned a page for collecting words I find interesting for one reason or another. Sometimes it's a new word I've never come across before, a familiar word with an obscure alternate meaning, or a word that has inferred reference to a current topic of interest. At one time I had over a dozen dictionaries in my studio in a variety of languages to peruse, but now an app on my trusty phone has replaced the need for all but three--one in English, an antique illustrated French volume that's been partially plundered for collage and this wonderful pictorial edition. I love to mull over the scrawled jumble of words, and when I finish a new piece I pluck one off the page to give the object its 'Title'.
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