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Blurb Books for 2022

2022 marks the seventh year that I've designed and had books printed through Blurb.com that are a record of my Facebook posts.  They serve as a journal of sorts for the things that have peaked my interest and/or were informational, inspirational, educational, fun,  etc. for each year.  (The social books offered through ads on Facebook typically only include those that have the most likes, and I've found many more I'd like included than what that measure would allow for.)

That said, I just finished designing a fourth Blurb book since December 4th and it is now off to print!  It contains my posts during 2022 to various art groups (on Facebook) that I want to remember.  Below is a screenshot of its cover.

The other three books recently completed include: 

    1) My 'Pastels and Poems' (work made between 2003 and 2004);
    2) 2022 My Book of Days in Facebook Posts-Vol. 1; and,     
    3) 2022 My Book of Days in Facebook Posts-Vol. 2.

It is possible that these will be the last ones I do in this way.  I've been moving more toward using my blog to share my work and the narratives about process.  It wouldn't be the end of creating books, but I'm thinking of doing different ones.  More specifics are still percolating.  So, stay tuned!



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