My way of reading is to have several on the go at any one time. One recent read I’ve had for a while and read a few years back, though I read it the wrong way for me – front to back straight through. Sometimes this way of reading satisfies, but more often than not the authors style gets repetitive.
My most recent read has made me feel more comfortable than ever in my reading style, which is naturally messy in reading a chapter that catches my eye for as long as its engaging.
This is a little in the way in Drawn Together http://drawntogether.wales/index.php/about-the-project/– people are asked to draw something that catches their eye. I read this way…How would you describe how you read?
The book I’ve just read (and keep dipping back into) is A Perfect Mess – The Hidden Benefits of Disorder by Eric Abrahamson & David H. Freedman. It’s a great antidote to the very popular minimalist movement that sometimes gets less than pristinely ordered people feeling lacking some magical quality.
It nicely explained why towering piles of paper work better for me than folders, that stuck with me!
Which (unintentionally) brings me back to INSCRIBE – I’ve written a proposal for it and would like it to tour and shed sheets and accrue new transcriptions from a range of artist critiques – meetings – symposia perhaps. I am on the look out for paper and photocopying sponsors to make this 1m high pile of paper entirely of paper next time, rather than plinth and paper.
