Visuals

Overall, my first impressions of "A Humument" were the distinct and visual ways the technique of the piece stood out. Everything looked so careful and deliberate, and I liked the differences that distinguished the way the separate pages were crafted. I thought page 5 was really cool, for instance, because of the way the intended text stood out against the bright cut-up page that seems to so clearly cover the original. For some reason I really admire the pages with color and the ones that seem to hold more 'layers' and detail like page 9, but then there are certain pages like 38 where the idea of covering up the other text is so simple but so effective (and then, of course, pages like 93. So cool.) I also think the way that Phillips chose what words to include and when must've been extremely tedious, but I can't say that I wouldn't enjoy trying to make an entire work out of something like this. Yeah, it's a lot to take in at once and the medium might be a little weird, but I think it's evident that Phillips really tried to make something meaningful out of this work, not only with the words and the work he used, but taking the time to create the visuals behind the text as well.