I'm a Mac lover. The love of the Mac has been with me forever. I've got iBook Author software. I created two ibooks so far with the program. The Myth of Cyber City--A journey into cyberspace, into the phenomena of Information Art--where cyber robots build mysterious complex structure--on the back roads of Cyber City.
A Blueprint in the Wind. A memory book designed for my brother, Tom Parisi. My brother's music and his illustrations are in that book and live on in cyberspace.
Having produced two ibooks, I decided to add another. The Myth of Orpheus. I am editing the text. I've got the illustrations. The music for my book is forthcoming. The iBook is the perfect vehicle for my digital art and for the music.
So that's my history of using IBook Author.
How The Myth of Cyber City Was Born
As an English major I was fortunate to fly into the Information Highway under the spell of my instructors, the late Sister Judith Savard, RSHM, who was the Chair of the Art Department and Roz Dimon, 21st Century American Artist. Under their guidance I entered the world of computer art. One day, at my Mac I saw spectacular visuals of cyber lines and colors dancing on my screen. Dazzled, I imagined a cyber world inside my computer. I designed the digital art and wrote text using cyber language. I'd read Cara Mccarthy's book, "Information Art; Diagramming Microchip;s." The Museum of Modern Art. I contacted McCarthy and described my ibook idea. I got the go-ahead.
Bit by bit, a mythical story invented itself. My ibook opens in Cyber City. You enter the phenomena of Information Art. A city where cyber robots build mysterious complex structures under the sandy bridge. Microchips are retrieved and stored. And my ibook, "The Myth of Cyber City" was born.
Bit by bit, a mythical story invented itself. My ibook opens in Cyber City. You enter the phenomena of Information Art. A city where cyber robots build mysterious complex structures under the sandy bridge. Microchips are retrieved and stored. And my ibook, "The Myth of Cyber City" was born.
A BLUEPRINT IN THE WIND
A Blueprint in the Wind has a major update, an update that ties in Tom Parisi's blueprint illustrations to Floyd Bennett Field Gateway. On the month and year of his death--December, 2011--his hand-built model air planes had been commissioned by HARP, to be exhibited in Hanger B, in the Historic Aircraft Restoration Project at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York.
It has been a long journey to get all of my brother's life's work together, but an uplifting journey, at that. I have gain considerable knowledge about my brother and do hope I have done what was important for his legacy. I do know that through the mystery of cyber space, his work is LIVE in the i-bookstore.
The Theme of A Blueprint in the Wind.
A spiritual journey down memory lane inspired by the power of technical drawings and lyrical notes my late brother, Tom Parisi, left behind, in a mix of Edgar Allan Poe's poetry. The book contains Interactive elements and pop-ups .
Why did I write this book? My brother left me. He is in a free place strumming his guitar. He is missed. My husband Bob and I needed to make his presence felt even if he is so far off in the distance. This little ibook was assembled with much love with lots of tough decisions. Like, would Tom like this? After all, he wasn't into Facebook or social networking. He was into his own world playing his music. So where do I, his sister, decide to promote his life's work, the little that I have. His technical drawing. The music he had sent to me over the information highway. A birthday gift.
My husband Bob encouraged this book, encouraged me to "do it." And so with my husband reading it over and over and over and when he believed it was right, I submitted, A Blueprint to the iBookstore publishers. Not an easy task. I had to wait until the book was approved. Apple wants the book to be the best it can be. That is, the way it is. Actually, I'm quite happy about that.
Anyway, here it is for you to judge. Maybe, there is someone whose spirit you can feel too.
A Blueprint in the Wind has a major update, an update that ties in Tom Parisi's blueprint illustrations to Floyd Bennett Field Gateway. On the month and year of his death--December, 2011--his hand-built model air planes had been commissioned by HARP, to be exhibited in Hanger B, in the Historic Aircraft Restoration Project at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York.
It has been a long journey to get all of my brother's life's work together, but an uplifting journey, at that. I have gain considerable knowledge about my brother and do hope I have done what was important for his legacy. I do know that through the mystery of cyber space, his work is LIVE in the i-bookstore.
The Theme of A Blueprint in the Wind.
A spiritual journey down memory lane inspired by the power of technical drawings and lyrical notes my late brother, Tom Parisi, left behind, in a mix of Edgar Allan Poe's poetry. The book contains Interactive elements and pop-ups .
Why did I write this book? My brother left me. He is in a free place strumming his guitar. He is missed. My husband Bob and I needed to make his presence felt even if he is so far off in the distance. This little ibook was assembled with much love with lots of tough decisions. Like, would Tom like this? After all, he wasn't into Facebook or social networking. He was into his own world playing his music. So where do I, his sister, decide to promote his life's work, the little that I have. His technical drawing. The music he had sent to me over the information highway. A birthday gift.
My husband Bob encouraged this book, encouraged me to "do it." And so with my husband reading it over and over and over and when he believed it was right, I submitted, A Blueprint to the iBookstore publishers. Not an easy task. I had to wait until the book was approved. Apple wants the book to be the best it can be. That is, the way it is. Actually, I'm quite happy about that.
Anyway, here it is for you to judge. Maybe, there is someone whose spirit you can feel too.