{"id":2839,"date":"2020-03-13T11:24:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T18:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=2839"},"modified":"2022-03-14T21:52:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T04:52:32","slug":"artist-book-cant-not-look-democracy-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/13\/artist-book-cant-not-look-democracy-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist book &#8211; Can&#8217;t Not Look: Democracy in America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Unique manuscript books is complete and available for sale. <em>Can&#8217;t Not Look: Democracy in America<\/em> is a collection of quotations from our presidents in three sections: &#8220;Civility &amp; Comity&#8221;, &#8220;Ethics &amp; Equality&#8221;, and &#8220;Dangers to Democracy&#8221;. Each section contains at its center a fold-out quadruple truck of our present leader&#8217;s tweets on the same subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book is difficult to photograph, I&#8217;m afraid. The paper is vintage handmade John Green: &#8220;Dover Castle&#8221;. Here are a few images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"2912\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/13\/artist-book-cant-not-look-democracy-in-america\/closed-book\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/closed-book.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-N950U&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1570509255&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"closed-book\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/closed-book-900x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/closed-book-900x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/closed-book-900x1024.jpg 900w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/closed-book-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/closed-book-768x874.jpg 768w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/closed-book.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"889\" data-attachment-id=\"2913\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/13\/artist-book-cant-not-look-democracy-in-america\/pp-6-7-washington-quote-on-party-spirit\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pp-6-7-Washington-quote-on-party-spirit.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1042\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-N950U&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1570509332&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pp-6-7-Washington-quote-on-party-spirit\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pp-6-7-Washington-quote-on-party-spirit-1024x889.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pp-6-7-Washington-quote-on-party-spirit-1024x889.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pp-6-7-Washington-quote-on-party-spirit-1024x889.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pp-6-7-Washington-quote-on-party-spirit-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pp-6-7-Washington-quote-on-party-spirit-768x667.jpg 768w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pp-6-7-Washington-quote-on-party-spirit.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Gouache and steel nib on John Green &#8220;Dover Castle&#8221; vintage handmade paper. From my artist book, Can&#8217;t Not Look: Democracy in America<em>. <\/em>Text from George Washington&#8217;s farewell speech. Single page size is 4.75 in x 7.5 in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"746\" data-attachment-id=\"2914\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/13\/artist-book-cant-not-look-democracy-in-america\/carter-speech\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Carter-speech.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,874\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-N950U&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1570509361&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Carter-speech\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Carter-speech-1024x746.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Carter-speech-1024x746.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Carter-speech-1024x746.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Carter-speech-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Carter-speech-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Carter-speech.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption> <em>Gouache and steel nib on John Green &#8220;Dover Castle&#8221; vintage handmade paper. From my artist book, <\/em>Can&#8217;t Not Look: Democracy in America<em>. Text from Jimmy Carter&#8217;s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, 1976. Single page size is 4.75 in x 7.5 in.<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"2915\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/13\/artist-book-cant-not-look-democracy-in-america\/1st-fold-out-detail\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1st-fold-out-detail.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1102,1101\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-N950U&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1570509320&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1st-fold-out-detail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1st-fold-out-detail-1024x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1st-fold-out-detail-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1st-fold-out-detail-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1st-fold-out-detail-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1st-fold-out-detail-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1st-fold-out-detail-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1st-fold-out-detail-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1st-fold-out-detail.jpg 1102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Brush pen<em> on John Green &#8220;Dover Castle&#8221; vintage handmade paper. From my artist book, <\/em>Can&#8217;t Not Look: Democracy in America<em>. Detail of first four-page foldout. Single page size is 4.75 in x 7.5 in.<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unique manuscript books is complete and available for sale. Can&#8217;t Not Look: Democracy in America is a collection of quotations from our presidents in three sections: &#8220;Civility &amp; Comity&#8221;, &#8220;Ethics &amp; Equality&#8221;, and &#8220;Dangers to Democracy&#8221;. Each section contains at its center a fold-out quadruple truck of our present leader&#8217;s tweets on the same subject. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/13\/artist-book-cant-not-look-democracy-in-america\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Artist book &#8211; Can&#8217;t Not Look: Democracy in America&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist-books"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bHT3-JN","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}