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2013-08-17 16.48.24 by matthew taggart

Sorin Cerin by Sorin Cerin

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IMG_20170827_180910817 by Scott Connolly

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New York, NY, 2006 by fotographist

2013-10-11 16.28.39 by matthew taggart

Pre-Existential #Bourbon: Bourbon precedes Existence precedes Essence. #Zen #EastWest #Existentialism #Nietzsche #Sartre #Shakespeare #Hakuin #Dogen #Asheville #MountainSamurai #YamaBushi #Appalachian #Booze by Nick Horton

We, the masters of our future. #foreigneye #illustration #doodle #diy #zine #independent #running #puppet #weird #existentialism #nogodsnomasters by Foreign Eye

The Stranger Drop Cap (Sketch) by Henry Corena

The Stranger (1942) by Albert Camus centers around the irrationality of the universe through our narrator who feels that life has no rational meaning or order so he becomes an observer, thinks logical and is focused more on the physical aspect of life (life, pleasures, and death). The book has themes of existentialism, absurdity and asks questions about purpose of living, the rationality of life and more.

I chose the letter "S" as the focus of my drop cap because it is the one word that feels captures the way the narrator feels, a stranger. I also was having difficulty coming up with ways to convey the themes of the book with the cover and it hit me in a moment of inspiration to do a juxtaposition of Art Nouveau and a Monotype.

Art Nouveau symbolizes the "beauty" / meaning that we give the world through its curves and floral designs,

Monotype symbolizes the most basic form of the letter in my opinion, a structured and mathematically correct letter.

By combing these two I am attempting to show that the Narrator is like the letter "S" structured, logical and the floral design in the back signify the "beauty" we give/attempt to give the world. Mimicking the relation of the Narrator and life, he either stayed unimpressed with the "beauty" and meaning that we give life.

The Title of the book will go right above the floral design and the author will go right below the design.

The final design won't make the floral design as pronounced but rather they will be more subtle and either have an emboss effect or transparency.

Environmental Existentialism: The Future is Nigh by orlatoland