This exhibition was designed to teach children about possibilities for their own creative expression in book form. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The photograph depicts a wood flatwear box with an open drawer that is filled with printed words. The inside lid contains adverbs, the top drawer nouns and the bottom drawer verbs. Karen Shaw's name is rubberstamped on the verso of the card. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Shaw drew in white paint, abbreviations, e.g., USA, NYU, NBC, etc., over braille with a grey background, as a simulation for constellations of stars in the sky. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Curated by Karen Shaw. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Shaw uses a mathematical system of linguistics that she calls "summatics" based upon assigning a number for each letter of the alphabet, e.g. A=1, B=2, C=3, etc. The sum of numbers can then equal word(s). The visual poems use this system to convert found numbers into words. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Shaw uses a mathematical system of linguistics that she calls "summatics" based upon assigning a number for each letter of the alphabet, e.g. A=1, B=2, C=3, etc. The sum of numbers can then equal word(s). The visual poems use this system to convert found numbers into words. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.