Listo Spottings

it's a dream come true that this little book came to be. it's still exciting to spot it in shops or read someone's post about it. a friend sent me a clip of listography in Shape Magazine, another friend sent a photo of it on sale at the San Francisco MoMa giftshop and at the museum giftshop in Barcelona! i'm glad there are folks who like the book and that it's doing well. a friend told me that he thought the project captured a sadness and happiness toward life that i've expressed. creating lists about your life isn't for everyone but i think, for some of us, it's a tool and also gratifying spiritually.

"the irony of man's condition is that the deepest need is to be free of the anxiety of death; but it is life itself which awakens it." --ernest becker (cultural anthropologist)

"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster." --isaac asimov

website news: adam is close to completing the major overhaul in how we edit and shape lists! coming soon!!

Listography, The Book News

(update: Listography is sold out everywhere. new listographies are being made now.)

It looks like the book is well received which is great news. The downside is that Chronicle Books has sold out of the book sooner than they thought so a second pressing is on the way; however, new Listographies will not be available until mid January. Apologies to those folks who own little shops and have placed a reorder.

In the meantime, Amazon has a couple left and the book can still be found in stores at Urban Outfitters and some other spots on the internet. For those of you who took home the book, we hope you like it. I've realized lately that listing is a sort of meditation. In the same way we might take time to clear our minds, listing is a way to focus on our life. I sometimes make the same faces when I am listing that I make when I am playing Scrabble, Sudoku, or a crossword puzzle --the contemplation face. Anyway, off on a little tangent there...

Hope everyone has a nice holiday!