Manuscript Unfurled.
February 16th, 2005
cata-wha?
Kerouac’s ‘On the Road’ Manuscript Unfurled: “For the first time, the 120-foot-long scroll manuscript for Jack Kerouac’s On the Road has gone on display unrolled. The giant scroll can be seen from end to end at the University of Iowa Museum of Art — though its ending is missing, reportedly chewed by a dog.”
Chewed by a dog.
Amazing.
I love stuff like this. Artifacts. History, and the back stories. Important art works or just random stuff. I have years of my own life stashed away in boxes, loosely filed : photos, zines, skateboarding, music, record label, art. I just got a film scanner off Ebay, so it will be fun going through the archives and posting stuff.
But, who cares about 15 year old skate photos, punk band flyers, or art-student photography? Well, I do, because it is mine. Maybe I will be able to conjure up the reason I couldn’t throw the stuff away. (My wife has been waiting for that answer for many years.)
More importantly, it is time to be on the making side of creativity again. I need to keep reminding myself that.
