Self Help Altered Book swap
June 1, 2009
My latest altered book for swapping is about the humorous side of Self Help books. I’m using a book from the ’60’s about improving your life as the substrate and there are some very funny quotes and dated anecdotes in there as inspiration.
Here, I make a play on the Ayn Rand quote about our mind being the most powerful weapon. On this page, there is a drawing of Stephen Covey and his thoughts from a Southwest Magazine article.
But when we flip the page, I have a drawing from a NY Times magazine of a body with headaches, dizziness and blurry vision (get it–our brain is NOT a good weapon?).
I also have a “Fix Yourself” page for the book too.
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linda woods | June 11, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Great pages and a clever idea!
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jurassic | June 11, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Thanks so much Linda! I’m honored you were on my blog…I am very inspired by your books.