Words Don’t Mean Much

by Senon Williams

The old adage “a picture is worth a thousand words” is turned on its side with Williams’s book of aphoristic phrasing. Far fewer words are needed to create an illuminating image in the mind’s eye, conjuring immediate multi-sensory experiences.

This book of poems is derived from the text in Senon Williams’s ink on paper drawings. Textual extractions gathering momentum within an artist’s book, given great attention to materials and craftmanship. Every detail from select paper to classic typeface has been considered. An object, not unlike a sculpture, can be viewed from all sides, handled and leafed through front to back, back to front or randomly opened. This is a small book, a pocket book, easy to conceal. A book to keep all to yourself or share intimately.

Native to Los Angeles, Senon Williams is a lifelong visual artist and musician. His longtime study of economy with words and multiple meanings center on the desire to create glimpses into the inherent human struggle both ancient and contemporary. Williams’s work finds space in the natural, exposing outstanding and devastating stages of human evolution.

Designed by Lorraine Wild, Green Dragon Office

SPRING 2022