Monthly Archives: August 2012

We exult in what we master and discover

I just learned that Anaïs Nin printed Winter of Artifice herself.  From Volume 3 of her diary:
The relationship to handcraft is a beautiful one. You are related bodily to a solid block of metal letters, to the weight of the trays, to the adroitness of spacing, to the tempo and temper of the machine. You [...]

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Adams Morgan Day

[ September 9, 2012; 10:00 am to 7:00 pm. ] Adams Morgan Day is happening September 9, 2012 and I’ll have a booth at Arts on Belmont (Belmont St. between 18th St. and Columbia Rd. NW in Washington, DC) with Julia of Orange Tabby Press! We’ll also be showing the work of Melanie from Grey Moggie Press. 10am-7pm.

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The Just

A man who cultivates his garden, as Voltaire wished.
He who is grateful for the existence of music.
He who takes pleasure in tracing an etymology.
Two workmen playing, in a café in the South,
a silent game of chess.
The potter, contemplating a color and a form.
The typographer who sets this page well,
though it may not please him.
A [...]

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