The Love Book

An illustrated poetry book. The visual artist Ehud Graf meets author Eyal Schwartz for a co-production of Graphic-Poetry. This is the fourth release in a series of visualized text which takes the reader to a higher level of understanding poetry.The love book is inspired by the comics we found in good old days. Love as we see it nowadays, reflected from our kitchen window into our Ipad screen. The Love we fear is slipping away from our bed yet is to be found in the bathroom. Trying to...
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An illustrated poetry book. The visual artist Ehud Graf meets author Eyal Schwartz for a co-production of Graphic-Poetry. This is the fourth release in a series of visualized text which takes the reader to a higher level of understanding poetry.The love book is inspired by the comics we found in good old days. Love as we see it nowadays, reflected from our kitchen window into our Ipad screen. The Love we fear is slipping away from our bed yet is to be found in the bathroom. Trying to touch various aspects of love and relationship we serve you this book reminding you how much you love your woman, and how much she loves her man.In the past poems were purchased only by those who consider themselves intellectuals or poetry lovers. Now it is returning to the main stream with a revised edition. Understanding the need for the reader to have further stimulation the text is playing a one-on-one game with the visual. The love book is a gift I wish to give. It is about relationship and love. it makes you laugh a little and also makes you think. It has irony and a bit of wisdom.Reading the book is quickly done but you could re-read it in the future to find other things you haven't seen before.In relationships there are ups and downs and while we are going through hard times we sometimes wonder is it worth it. The love book is a reminder of how much you love each other.You talk a lot and you kiss so many times that you don't know whether you could say anything new to make the other person interested. You make love not knowing whether it still makes your partner feel joy and does it make him or her satisfied.In the evening you want to hug each other and in the morning you wake up for yet another day. So many books were written about love stories and many movies had been filmed. In the love book we take a glimpse at the very essence of relationship in post-modern time.Comics is chosen by the Illustrator Ehud Graf to lighten up the story and help you read it in a joyful way. After all smiling while reading is a much nicer experience.The mutual work with an Illustrator who's also a visual artist is triggering me to come up with new ideas. Words are becoming more meaningful when they are printed on a picture. We both wish people would have a perfect gift they could give someone they love. This gift is something you could give your wife or you could give your husband.The perfect gift is something one can buy for a couple of friends or just for someone you cherish.Sometimes you don't know what to buy and yet you want it to be sweet. Not sweet like candies or chocolate but special and not expensive.Flowers are beautiful but they do not last more than a few days or a week. the love book is something that shall last for years.In the 21st century we have so many products and brands that we basically have enough of everything. We have laptops and tablets many clothes and loads of food. We download movies and delete them once we're done watching. Books are turning to files and are now stored on our Ipad or Kindle or any other device that may display the text for us to read as we go.We tried to imagine a book that is as short as a notebook. We wish it would be light and not too long. We know people have less patience and want instant experiences. Like in youtube or on your music list where you skip to the next track we created a book you can quickly flick through without loosing the context.Graphic Poetry is a genre. We have not invented it but we're creating our books in that style.the love book is for people who want to keep on loving and keep smiling as they do it. It is a proof you are not alone in those little conflicts. You are not the only person who gets upset and then forgive. You love so you are willing to go further and leave your ego behind for a second or a minute if you could.What is a perfect gift, we don't really know. But we tried creating one.Enjoy your togetherness wherever you are.Love yourselfSchwartz & Graf