These Days
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Description
"These Days" is a hardcover book that, when opened, resembles a game board. Around the border are squares containing significant words that describe emotions and things that offer comfort. On the inside of the cover is an introduction that describes the effects of the consistent bombardment of bad news in the media on the author’s lifestyle; she compares her life to a board game, the onslaught of emotions counteracted with acts of self-care to offer herself comfort from the anxiety. A smaller pamphlet attached to the inside contains a collage of drawings, paint, photocopies, and images overlaid with news headlines that evoke anxiety and concern for our country.
"Life seems lived as a game, dodging the continual onslaught of bad news lobbed from every possible direction. My coping mechanisms have kept me from driving my car off the Fremont Bridge. I look for insight or laughter as I scan the internet for cozy pajamas to wear as I binge-watch ‘Cheers’ or ‘The Office’. I turn to astrology, psychic counseling, open random books searching for hope in everything. Before burying my head in the sand." — Barbara Tetenbaum
Publisher
Triangular Press
Subject
lifestyle, personality, anxiety, identity, current events, politics, news, self care, mental health
Extent
11.5" x 7" closed; 11.5" x 14" open. Contains two smaller pamphlets.
Style
"Game Board" binding; hardcover
Material
Lined with fabric; inkjet, laser printing
Technique
Letterpress
Date
2022
Recommended Citation
Tetenbaum, Barbara, "These Days" (2022). Rollins College Book Arts Collection. 119.
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/book_arts/119
Other Information
Signed by the artist. For more information, visit http://www.vampandtramp.com/finepress/t/triangular.html.