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- The Unauthorized Audubon
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Michigan State University Press
summary
In an age of experts and individualism, metrics and competition, The Unauthorized Audubon is 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.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-iv
- Introduction
- pp. ix-2
- Exclamation Birds
- pp. 9-10
- Navajo Flute
- pp. 11-12
- Ojo del Pajaro
- pp. 13-14
- Tortoise-Shell Tweeter
- pp. 15-16
- Onyx Eclipse
- pp. 17-18
- The Blessing Birds
- pp. 19-20
- Four-Plumed French Falcon
- pp. 21-22
- Appalachian Mustard Seed
- pp. 23-24
- Winged Chameleon
- pp. 25-26
- Beetle Birds
- pp. 27-28
- Brush Rustler
- pp. 29-30
- Corbie Rex
- pp. 31-32
- Pygmy Checkerboard
- pp. 33-34
- The Resurrection Birds
- pp. 35-36
- Two Words Leaving
- pp. 37-38
- Twin-Tailed Wind Chime
- pp. 39-40
- DeLind’s Dancer
- pp. 41-42
- Courier Owl
- pp. 43-44
- Ever Since the Ark
- p. 45
Additional Information
ISBN
9781609174040
Related ISBN(s)
9781611861143
MARC Record
OCLC
878139175
Pages
56
Launched on MUSE
2014-05-07
Language
English
Open Access
No