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I'm really surprised by the comments in response to my artwork. In fact, I expected such a reaction to the idea when I first thought of it (I was raised better -- the son and grandson of publishers). It took many years to get the guts to actually make such a thing and I was quite surprised that few reacted negatively once I showed it.

I've been showing the work for eight years and have not had this much reaction to my work either via my website (www.thisintothat.com) or when I show in person. Not even from collectors, librarians or book dealers!

If I disrespected books I would not bother with the medium. I'm not in it for the shock value nor to insult the authors. The scarce resource in this part of the world is certainly not these books, rather it's the time and attention of readers. If you want a copy of any of these books they are cheaper and easier to get hold of than when they were printed.

--Jim Rosenau