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It Wasn't Me

This is a journal I designed, titled “It Wasn't Me”, published by ECRITUREartefacts. The palindrome design is also available on a mug and iPhone case. ECRITUREartefacts is my wee novelty store, packed with strange and eclectic things. In French, écriture means “writing”. In his 1953 book “Writing Degree Zero”, Roland Barthes discusses writing in terms of style, dismissing assertions of writing as neutral or blank since all writing engenders some discursive element in reflecting an individual’s worldview. In writing, Derrida saw eternal slippage and an illusory trace: writing as “différance”. This store allows me to return to my first love of drawing, and to pen pithy things that get made into lovely glassware, aprons, coasters, pillows, totes, greeting cards, phone cases, and laptop sleeves. These are not-so-serious accoutrements for the serious writer. It’s the poetic monostitch refashioned into something emblematic.

ISBN: NA

publisher: ECRITUREartefacts

year: 2013

where can you buy?: More designs available online

internet store: http://www.zazzle.com/ecritureartefacts/gifts?cg=196693206808117689