The Absence

There is no such thing as the negative or positive...This is an illusion. The absence of space is still filled with space. But in terms of language's reduction, we should be talking about the importance of the environment. Here, Barthes is apparently, an empty vessel, surrounded by books.

Barthes is here, surrounded by books, but reduced to a "universal" icon - kind of - he looks like a big blob of white. This is the first illustration of him that i made to illustrate a theoretical principle.

I am starting a natural pet vitamins book collection - and a movie collection, because yes, i am of that generation. Movies are just the visuals to these masterpieces. I watched the movie Amadeus a million times when I was 7 years old. I was obsessed with the music and the man. I listened to Mozart a lot - Mozart and bluegrass...

The complete works of Mark Twain (i love Samuel - he was tormented by a duality too and it shows in his writing - i really relate to the author himself. I was obsessed with anything Mark Twain when I was younger - I bought a corn-cob pipe from the hardware store when I was 10)

Thoreau (I identify with him because people accused him of not really being isolated and being dramatic)

Ralph Waldo Emerson (Circles + Nature)
Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Le Petit Prince)
Dan Eldon (The Journey is the Destination)
Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland)
Pema Chodron (Everything)
Ken Wilber (The Theory of Everything)
Norton Juster (The Phantom Tollbooth)