You ask me what I'm scared of 2012
Mike Dutton, UK
| Mike Dutton, one.zero6
press, Bristol, UK, December 2012 A set of 5 A6 letterpress (sans serif typeface) cards, comprising; 1 original haiku & 4 'found text' cards within a slip cover containing a quote from the 'Brethren of Purity' (a 10th century CE secret society of philosophers based in Iraq. The structure of this mysterious organization, and the identities of its members, has never been revealed). The cards are contained within an envelope showing a 'Map of Terrestrial Paradise' from the 16th Century CE. The cards relate to the history of Baghdad and the street of Booksellers. Edition of 5. Haiku text:
Other texts: “If you see the teeth of the lion, do not think that the lion is smiling at you” Abu-Tayib al-Mutanabbi “but when they came to Baghdad; those men, in collaboration with the learned men among the Moslem, were set to work on the ancient books. Thus Muslims saved learning from destruction.” Anonymous “for dark thoughts on darker suspicions feed.” Abu-Tayib al-Mutanabbi “and the waters of the Tigris ran black from the enormous quantities of books flung into the river and red from the blood of those killed.” Abdullah Wassaf “Turn from the sleep of negligence and the slumber of ignorance, for the world is a house of delusion.” The Brethren of Purity |