Around the same time as the old paper naturally came the books. I began to salvage books I would find as a way to first get a hold of old paper then I began to see the beauty in their format and design. This was during a changing of an era and books were starting to become a thing of the past. Everywhere I looked in my then Bushwick Neighborhood I found books. On the ground, in the hallway of a random building during a house party, in the garbage and from vendors on the corner. I was becoming obsessed with Old books and paper. I was also delighted at the prospect of never ending materials that were almost always exclusively free or a buck. I then began to use a mixed media approach incorporating print making techniques to emulate the indelible ink once used on these vintage surfaces. I began to embrace the book as way to communicate to my current audience. After all I only worked on the end pages where some will go to read the summary of the book. I also removed the pages so theres no width to scare anyone off.. And Lastly a picture is worth a thousand words. I updated an ancient form of communication into a modern one. People began to appreciate the book when I reworked it. It was a play on the changing of an era, It also was a commentary on peoples laziness ( myself included ) when it came to reading. When I took the book apart and replaced it with only images, they embraced it again. A modern solution for a modern society. However the biggest draw ( aside from the sporadic nature of finding the surfaces ) was that it was now telling my story.