Myth & Magic

 The Book as Art V. Myth & Magic is the 11th edition of an art show celebrating artist's books, which is on view at the Decatur Branch of the DeKalb County Public Library in Decatur, GA.  The organizers state:

Humans possess a fundamental attraction to stories and storytelling.  Folktales, fairy tales, and myths are foundational narratives that bridge the secular and the spiritual and merge the factual with the fantastical.  Art can challenge and disturb, restore peace and calm, uplift and inspire.  Myths and magic transport us and bind us together in the world of imagination.

Fifty artist's books will be on display in the Fourth Floor Gallery of the Library from September 7 through October 30.  I am very pleased to have one of  my accordion-style books about Greek mythology (Eternally Damned, 2017) included in this exhibition, and you can find out more about this wonderful exhibit here. 

Pandora

Pandora's Box

In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman on earth. She was given many gifts by the gods:  clothes, beauty, speech, musical ability.  Pandora is accused of introducing evil into the world, by opening the lid to a large jar (classically, but apparently mistakenly, described as a "box"), thereby releasing all the evils and ill-mannered things it contained into the world.  She managed to close the lid in time to keep one thing...hope.