Book of Hours PDF cover
Excerpt from Lord Byron, "Don Juan," and Rebecca Clark "Whale 1," 2015, graphite, colored pencil, watercolor and oil pastel on paper, 22 x 30 in. (from Book of Hours)
Excerpt from Lord Byron, "Don Juan," and Rebecca Clark "Whale 1," 2015, graphite, colored pencil, watercolor and oil pastel on paper, 22 x 30 in. (from Book of Hours)
Rebecca Clark: "Bee 17 (Prana)," 2011, graphite and colored pencil on paper, 11.25 x 13.25 in. (from Book of Hours)
Rebecca Clark: "Bee 17 (Prana)," 2011, graphite and colored pencil on paper, 11.25 x 13.25 in. (from Book of Hours)
Excerpt from David Abrams "Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology," 2010 and Rebecca Clark "Bird, Bee, and Late Summer Grass," 2011, graphite on paper, 30 x 22 in. (from Book of Hours)
Excerpt from David Abrams "Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology," 2010 and Rebecca Clark "Bird, Bee, and Late Summer Grass," 2011, graphite on paper, 30 x 22 in. (from Book of Hours)
Rebecca Clark: "Family Tree," 2014, graphite and colored pencil on paper, 30 x 22 in. (from Book of Hours)
Rebecca Clark: "Family Tree," 2014, graphite and colored pencil on paper, 30 x 22 in. (from Book of Hours)
Rebecca Clark: "Oh, What Did You See, My Blue-Eyed, Son?," 2017, graphite and colored pencil on paper, 3.5 x 7 in. (from Book of Hours)
Rebecca Clark: "Oh, What Did You See, My Blue-Eyed, Son?," 2017, graphite and colored pencil on paper, 3.5 x 7 in. (from Book of Hours)
Excerpt from Peter Wadhams "A Farewell to Ice: A Report from the Arctic," 2016 and Rebecca Clark "Ice Melt (for Peter Wadhams)," 2017, graphite and colored pencil on paper, 10 x 8 in. (from Book of Hours)
Excerpt from Peter Wadhams "A Farewell to Ice: A Report from the Arctic," 2016 and Rebecca Clark "Ice Melt (for Peter Wadhams)," 2017, graphite and colored pencil on paper, 10 x 8 in. (from Book of Hours)
Rebecca Clark: "All Will Be One (remix)," 2011, archival digital pigment print on paper, 30 x 22 in. (from Book of Hours)
Rebecca Clark: "All Will Be One (remix)," 2011, archival digital pigment print on paper, 30 x 22 in. (from Book of Hours)
Rebecca Clark studio
Rebecca Clark studio
Book of Hours on exhibition at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC, By The People Festival (June 2018)
Book of Hours on exhibition at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC, By The People Festival (June 2018)
Book of Hours on exhibition at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC, By The People Festival (June 2018)
Book of Hours on exhibition at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC, By The People Festival (June 2018)

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Book of Hours: An Artist's Book for the Anthropocene is a contemporary 'illuminated manuscript' comprising text by some of my favorite poets, writers, scientists, and songwriters and placed alongside carefully selected music playlists. All are accompanied by my own drawings and formatted according to hours of the day.

Created specifically to be viewed in 2-page view on a handheld digital device, Book of Hours takes the idea of the medieval prayer book into the virtual age, providing light but also underscoring our vast separation from the natural and spiritual worlds. It’s a guide for the days ahead: an hourly reminder of the often overlooked beauty of time and season; an acknowledgement of the interconnectedness of all living things; a plea to value the lives of the animals with whom we share time and space; a memento mori for this dark age of the Anthropocene; and, hopefully, a vehicle for transcendence.

I’m deeply grateful to the poets, writers, scientists, and songwriters whose inspiring work comprise Book of Hours. It was an honor to place my drawings alongside their words and music. Book of Hours pays homage to these muses, all of whom are ever present with me in my studio.

  • David Abram
  • Joe Bageant
  • Paul Bowles
  • John Burnside
  • Hayden Carruth
  • Andre Gregory
  • Robert Hass
  • Seamus Heaney
  • Mike Heron
  • Tony Hoagland
  • Leonard Koren
  • Denise Levertov
  • Alastair McIntosh
  • John Muir
  • Autumn Richardson
  • Martin Shaw
  • Wallace Shawn
  • Richard Skelton
  • Gary Snyder
  • Jennifer Spector
  • William Stafford
  • Kae Tempest
  • Thich Nhat Hanh
  • Richard Thompson
  • Peter Wadhams
  • Robin Williamson
  • Jeanette Winterson

Book of Hours is free to all. Please share widely!

Rebecca

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"As poet, I hold the most archaic values on earth. They go back to the late Paleolithic: the fertility of the soil, the magic of animals, the power-vision in solitude, the terrifying initiation and re-birth, the love and ecstasy of the dance, the common work of the tribe. I try to hold both history and wilderness in mind, that my poems may approach the true measure of things and stand against the unbalance and ignorance of our times." - GARY SNYDER in a statement for the Paterson Society, 1961

CategoryArt, Nature, Spirituality
Release Date28 May 2024
Catalog NumberN/A
Rebecca Clark

Book of Hours: An Artist's Book for the Anthropocene

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BOOK of HOURS is a free 236-page PDF intended to be viewed in 2-page format on a handheld digital device. Taking the idea of the medieval prayer book into the virtual age, it provides light but also underscores our vast separation from the natural and spiritual worlds.

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