Every time I go to the thrift store I go to the used book section. I'm usually looking for good vintage graphics or a well worn cover for altering and collaging. I've got quite a collection of old children's encyclopedias, typing books, steno books, dictionaries and any sort of book with good old fashioned diagrams.
I always notice the shelf of donated chap books, mostly college poetry books that have been published by students. Every once in awhile I'll page through one or two just to get a feeling for the time frame. There are usually some pictures of students art included.
The other day I had the idea that perhaps some may think a travesty. I dissected the poems line by line quite literally with scissors and set about to create a new poetry, a poetry collage with the snippets of dozens of poems from a couple of booklets. What you see here is my reassembling of the snippets. Let me know what you think!
