Monthly Archives: October 2013

On Easy Street: No. 3

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On Easy Street, No. 3

On Easy Street, No. 3

THIS IS A MINI-ZINE, MADE OF ONE SHEET OF 8 1/2″ X 11″ PAPER, FOLDED TO MAKE 8 PAGES.

There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.”

–Fernando Pessoa

Each mini-zine in the Easy Street series is dedicated to Fernando Pessoa. I am using zines as a way of generating ideas for my second novel, but they have become important to me as finished pieces of art in their own right. They are also a helpful way to organize my thoughts.  Easy Street No. 3 reveals my birth myth and introduces the idea of needing to know you were wanted, which is The Goat Child’s dream. Included in this zine:

  1. Birth Myth drawings
  2. Connections to The Goat Child

On Easy Street: No. 2

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On Easy Street, No. 2

On Easy Street, No. 2

THIS IS A MINI-ZINE, MADE OF ONE SHEET OF 8 1/2″ X 11″ PAPER, FOLDED TO MAKE 8 PAGES.

At first, it’s unfamiliar, then it strikes root.”

–Fernando Pessoa

Each mini-zine in the Easy Street series is dedicated to Fernando Pessoa. I am using zines as a way of generating ideas for my second novel, but they have become important to me as finished pieces of art in their own right. They are also a helpful way to organize my thoughts.  Easy Street No. 2 introduces the character, “The Goat Child.” Included in this zine:

Cover:  Drawing of The Goat Child

  1. Background on The Goat Child
  2. Details about The Goat Child’s birth

On Easy Street: No. 1

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On Easy Street, No. 1.

On Easy Street, No. 1.

THIS IS A MINI-ZINE, MADE OF ONE SHEET OF 8 1/2″ X 11″ PAPER, FOLDED TO MAKE 8 PAGES.

 

What is there to confess that’s worthwhile or useful? What has happened to us has happened to everyone or only to us; if to everyone, then it’s no novelty, and if only to us, then it won’t be understood.”

–Fernando Pessoa

Each mini-zine in the Easy Street series is dedicated to Fernando Pessoa. I am using zines as a way of generating ideas for my second novel, but they have become important to me as finished pieces of art in their own right. They are also a helpful way to organize my thoughts.  Included in this zine:

Cover: “The Paper Fool,” a photoshopped image of a collage I made during a Provincetown Residency

  1. A manifesto
  2. Epigraphs: quotes by Barbey d’Aurevilly and Jean Dubuffet
  3. Two journal entries
  4. A letter
  5. Artwork:  “The Warm Breath of Zephr,” a photoshopped image of an Artists Trading Card (ATC) sent through the mail to Angie Cope.