Let’s face it: Even the most popular libraries have some books on the back shelves or in the basement that no one ever wants to read.
At the Bloomfield Township Public Library, Karen Imarisio decided to do something creative with those books: turn them into art. The result is an exhibit of 60 works made from books opening today at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center and the Cranbrook Art Academy’s student gallery. It’s titled “Un-shelved: An Altered Book Project.”
Shakespeare Quotation
The quote attributed to Shakespeare is a mis-quote from “As You Like It”, Act III. Scene II. The Forest of Arden. Enter ORLANDO, with a paper.
Orl. Hang there, my verse, in witness of my love: And thou, thrice-crowned queen of night, survey
With thy chaste eye, from thy pale sphere above, Thy huntress’ name, that my full life doth sway.
O Rosalind! these trees shall be my books, And in their barks my thoughts I’ll character,
That every eye, which in this forest looks, Shall see thy virtue witness’d everywhere.
Run, run, Orlando: carve on every tree The fair, the chaste, and unexpressive she. [Exit].
R. Lee Hadden (These are my own opinions!)
reminds me
of playing Phoebe’s understudy many many years ago on the Washington Monument grounds.