REGULA RUSSELLE

"These little books are just the right size to keep handy in pockets, purses, cars and rooms."

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They are usually stocked at the marvelous shop at Minnesota Center for Book Arts or you can mail order them through the shop. Once at the MCBA shop site, you can search for my work using my name, Regula Russelle.

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Here is the text of a favorite tiny book:

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Reasons for Art

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"to awake the living"

 

"to comfort the dead"

 

"to know migrations of seasons, of birds, of fish"

 

to feel the essence of shadow and light

 

to laugh, to love

 

to lament

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to invite reflection

 

to inspire action

 

to honor the Earth

 

to cultivate beauty, gratitude, joy

 

to knit an expanding web of community

 

to give voice

 

to touch

 

to connect

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About a decade ago, I heard a radio interview with artist, Mary Frank. She described a list she keeps of her personal reasons for art. Since then, I have assembled many lists of reasons for art — with students, with Michael, and alone. The first three lines of this particular list are Mary Frank's. She inspired us all.

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Tiny Book Titles:

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What Issa Heard

with a poem by David Budbill

Famous

with a poem by Naomi Shihab Nye

Advice from a Bird

with a poem by Yvette Nelson

Big Project Manifesto

a collaboration with Monica Edwards Larson

Gospel in a Nutshell

with a poem by Alla Renée Bozarth

The Double Meaning of Yield

with a poem by Yvette Nelson

Reasons for Art

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Tiny Zine Titles include:

(these, too, are for sale at MCBA's shop)

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Charting an Art Practice

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Zine Making in a Nutshell

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A Patch of Heaven:

a tiny memoir about place

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Making Hand-made Mini Memoirs

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Making Mini Poetry Books

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Art Practice Basics

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Some Musings on Movement and Change:

Dailiness, Practice, Centering, Paradox

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More Musings on Movement and Change:

Tools, Intention, Metaphor, Knees