Adding Feet to the Snake — Hardcover Journal

Description

画蛇添足. “Drawing a snake and adding feet.” From a story more than two thousand years old: men race to draw a snake, and the fastest, bored while waiting, decides to improve his by giving it legs. He loses.

Every designer, writer and engineer has lost that competition at least once. The work was done. It just could not be left alone.

Chinese ink painting: wet brush, dry brush, a lot of empty paper. The feet are the only wrong thing in the composition, and they are deliberate.

The journal

• Hardcover matte journal · 8″ × 5.75″ · 80 lined pages of cream paper
• Wrap-around print · elastic closure · ribbon marker · lays flat when open
• The saying is printed as part of the cover artwork, in its original language

Printed on demand, shipped worldwide

Nothing is made until you order it. Your piece is produced at the facility closest to your address — usually within 2–5 business days — and then shipped. Flat-rate shipping: $7.95 in the US, $12.95 everywhere else. Shipping & returns.

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