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July 8th, 2008
THE GHOSTS OF MY FRIENDS

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Earlier this year I found this odd little book entitled “The Ghosts of My Friends.” Inside were instructions to have your friends sign a line lengthwise down the page with an inky pen tip, and then quickly fold the page before the ink dried. The result is this oddly occult and figural looking inkblot created from their signature. The pages in my book were signed between 1907 and 1923. It’s a beautiful little object, and the concept is brilliant. I can’t imagine why such an ingenious book isn’t in print again.

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6 comments
July 8th, 2008 - 12:23 pm

This is fantastic! I love old books and this one is so sweet….

tula said:
July 8th, 2008 - 12:24 pm

brilliant. then afterwards you can analyze your friends like a Rorschach test.

eva said:
July 8th, 2008 - 5:51 pm

I was so inspired and enthralled that I found and ordered a copy from an antiquarian bookstore in the UK. It’s apparently half-full, so it’s going to be an amazing piece to have in my library.

Maria said:
July 9th, 2008 - 1:24 pm

i love this idea. would be nice if someone was able to update this idea. hmmm…

July 10th, 2008 - 12:48 pm

Thank you for sharing this. I vaguely remember doing something like this in art class as a kid (no, I’m not quite THAT old, loL!, but it was still in the days when there were art classes in grade school) but no one thought to put it together in a book.

What a lovely idea!

July 10th, 2008 - 1:47 pm

Nothing compares to low-technology pastimes…. so enchanting. I want to see more!

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