I have searched for years for a book I once owned; I cannot remember the title, but the physicality of the book remains vivid. It was paper-bound, roughly 8″ square, and I think there was a good deal of yellow in the cover design. Most of the book consisted of perforated pages, with four 4″-square black-and-white photos per page, meant to be torn out and used as focal objects for meditation (or perhaps divination, in the manner of tarot cards). The photo pages were printed on heavy card stock and had photos on each side. The images were varied: people, landscapes, buildings, etc., all inviting contemplative regard. There were also pages of text in the front of the book describing ways of using the photo cards. My other lasting memory is that the book was the same size as Ram Dass’s Be Here Now (published 1971), so that, once all the photos had been torn out, the Ram Dass book could more or less fit into the space left behind. Since this book does not neatly fit any standard category, I’ve never been able to track it down. Many thanks to anyone who might share this memory with me and know the title.
268V: Early 70s B&W Photos Perforated Pages (Solved!)
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