idea of deformity, breaking down and arranging the "normal" or "expected" into something new or strange or even frightening, bringing to light the underlying question of what isdeformity and the suggestion that deformity is inherent in life, inherent in our own selves.
I think this is probably one of the strangest things we've read for class. Maybe not in content, but definitely in exhibition. I found myself getting caught up in the letters to Gloria bits, occasionally purposefully searching out those pages to read them. I actually got gripped by the story, until I realized the the author IS Gretchen and there is no Gloria. (Yet, even now I have my doubts...)
I actually like a lot of the abstract bits. Usually, those just annoy me and make no sense or make me sleepy. But these were really cool. I felt like the book was challenging the reader to come to terms with something--perhaps their own deformities, their tendency to deform, or the search for hearts?
I also liked that the pages are constantly telling you to wreck them (Have you ever seen Wreck This Journal or Wreck This App?), but I haven't yet cuz (collaging Drew) I paid good money damnit!
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