Snow Studies By Matt M. Cipov

Benjamin blogged about "That Smirking Face" (a collection of Haiku and Haibun) today. I had ordered the little booklet at Etsy some weeks ago because of the wonderful illustrations. Actually I discovered it while buying Snow Studies, a mini print set also illustrated by Matt M. Cipov:

© by Matt M. Cipov

The set is great and I can´t wait to frame it and find a suitable place for it in the office. Today I checked back at his Etsy store and boy, my cart is filled with numerous sets of mini prints. I just couldn´t pass his zombie studies (1,2,3,4) and the nice boys. As soon as I have the next spare money, I´m going to have a gallery full of his pics. Woo hoo!

More books...

I read about "Will Happiness find me?" at swissmiss. The renowned Swiss duo Fischli & Weiss wrote down questions that everyone asks themselves once in a while: Should I satisfy myself? Shall I go under? Should I pay less attention to my worries? Why doesn´t she call? Has the last bus gone? Should I get drunk?
Fun to read and ponder.


The book review" at Artist in LA LA Land made me buy "Erotic Haiku". Each haiku appears in English and in Japanese with playful pen-and-pencil drawings throughout.


And finally "No one belongs here more than you" by Miranda July. I discovered this little gem around a year ago. I really enjoyed the idea, but didn´t think of buying the book. But then I heard so much about Miranda that I just had to have a look at it. Now all I need is something yellow to wear for reading the book.

Birthday?

No, it isn´t my Birthday today, but I received so many books and stuff today that I almost started singing "Happy Birthday to you, happy ...". Saturday we do not get our mail. So Mondays we sometimes receive the double amount of packages (usually of books) and letters.

The next posts will be about some of the books (Anorak, Obsessive Consumption, Will Happiness Find Me?, Erotic Haiku, Miranda July, Shannon Gerard). You can read about a part of them (Chronik 2008 and the zines from Obsessive Consumption) here at my other blog though.
Oh... and I received a book from my husband, but that will be the final post about the books as that one is really special.