Going thru my notebooks looking for pages to scan for the NOTEBOOK CHALLENGE (still stands, y'all) I found these photocopies of the history of early Chinese characters I found in this ultrarare book. I'd forgotten how completely mind-bogglingly awesome they are, and I am seriously so stoked to share them. Because I am such a repeat offender I'm only posting this one here, but there are more on Synesthetic Superscam. PIZZA!
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EFG- very awesome.
my guess is you've probably looked at this book before but anyway...
http://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Design-Motifs-Pictorial-Archive/dp/0486228746/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_k2a_2_img/104-9616166-7685553
Good call, A. Prizm - I can literally lay my finger on that book from where I'm sitting. Anyone who hasn't seen this book should check it out ASAP.
i already posted this link on farley's blog page, but thought i should post it again here, in case anybody else is interested. it's the best book i've been able to find about the fusing of word & image in chinese art:
http://www.amazon.com/Tao-Magic-Language-Diagrams-Calligraphy/dp/0500270627/ref=sr_1_7/104-0139133-1829577?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174774762&sr=8-7
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