Not just the ticking through both covers, but the back of the first page that goes backwards. Something about that grabbed me.
The short answer about the licking thing is that if I really like something, I want to experience it as fully as possible with as many senses as possible. I know it's not reasonable, but I don't want to have to be reasonable about art. I wouldn't lick something like that with wild abandon or anything, just enough to know that I'd let myself do it. It's also sort of like licking your favorite spoon so that no one else will steal it, it's a symbolic commitment to something I feel strongly about.
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Date: 2009-03-31 05:59 am (UTC)Not just the ticking through both covers, but the back of the first page that goes backwards. Something about that grabbed me.
The short answer about the licking thing is that if I really like something, I want to experience it as fully as possible with as many senses as possible. I know it's not reasonable, but I don't want to have to be reasonable about art. I wouldn't lick something like that with wild abandon or anything, just enough to know that I'd let myself do it. It's also sort of like licking your favorite spoon so that no one else will steal it, it's a symbolic commitment to something I feel strongly about.