Spreads from my final book for Drawing for Illustration.

The written passages are taken from various poems by Emily Dickinson. To me one of the most beautiful aspects of Emily's work is that way it pairs the airiness and spirituality of life with the mysterious, ever-present entity of death -- having the two exist in shifting balance. To me, she doesn't treat death with despair, but more of a reverent curiosity. A curiosity for the delicate beauty of the fleeting world around us, and a desire to find root in that with no permanence.

I felt these things somehow connected to cycles of death and renewal in flora, the delicate yet everlasting quality of nature, and alternations between loss and discovery in relationships.
So, I assembled the excerpts and images in a way to tell that story.




















6 comments:

Ann said...

Junyi, this is beautiful. Incredible draftsmanship, gorgeous design. I love it!

Junyi Wu said...

Ann, thank you so much. That means a lot.

Karen Rosenbaum Photography said...

Very good!

Olivia a.k.a. Olive*Tea said...

a lot of great effort has been put, and the outcome is beautiful!

Eunice San Miguel said...

No other way to describe your work but "beautiful." Oh and "fucking awesome"
Do I detect some bleach action, eh??
eh??
Very nice. :)

Junyi Wu said...

Thank you so much for your kind words everyone! I'm deeply flattered, and appreciate you all taking the time to look at this project.

Haha, Eunice...you know it!