A Diction
Title
A Diction
Subject
Psychology, Creative Writing, Studio Arts
Description
Offset lithography on paper; book cloth on millboard. Printed on Gmund Bier paper made of recycled beer labels, pulp and beer fibers (hops, malt and yeast).
Looks at the way we choose to deny our own realities through alcoholism, an addiction that perpetually allows us to disavow our difficulties with the world as we find it. The book reflects the never-ending cycle that is characteristic of any addiction, as the addict continually attempts to grapple with a reality which is uncomfortable and intolerable. What is favored by the addict is a short-term solution to long-term psychological discomfort at the expense of living in reality and working though the reality’s unpleasant aspects. The result is a repetitive reliance on a diction that controls and restricts what we perceive and feel as real. The book utilizes the page shape of a pint glass, and by doing this, the angled unfolding of the book’s monologue creates a full circle when open that carries the visual and structural metaphor of the cycle of addiction.
Looks at the way we choose to deny our own realities through alcoholism, an addiction that perpetually allows us to disavow our difficulties with the world as we find it. The book reflects the never-ending cycle that is characteristic of any addiction, as the addict continually attempts to grapple with a reality which is uncomfortable and intolerable. What is favored by the addict is a short-term solution to long-term psychological discomfort at the expense of living in reality and working though the reality’s unpleasant aspects. The result is a repetitive reliance on a diction that controls and restricts what we perceive and feel as real. The book utilizes the page shape of a pint glass, and by doing this, the angled unfolding of the book’s monologue creates a full circle when open that carries the visual and structural metaphor of the cycle of addiction.
Creator
Weston, Heather
Publisher
Bookery
Date
2004
Rights
Description from Vamp and Tramp http://www.vampandtramp.com/finepress/w/weston.html
Format
30 unnumbered pages ; 15 cm
Denison's copy is signed by artist and is no. 86
Denison's copy is signed by artist and is no. 86
Language
English
Barcode
35108007512817
Location and Call Number
DEN Spec Coll N7433.4.W477 A72 2004
Library catalog URL
Collection
Citation
Weston, Heather, “A Diction,” Digital Exhibits | Denison University Archives & Special Collections, accessed April 23, 2024, https://exhibits.denisonarchives.org/items/show/345.