graphomania

graphomania
noun /ˌɡɹæfɵˈmeɪniə/
a) The compulsion to write books.

A devoted explorer of decalcomania, fumage, frottage, collage and other methods of pictorial automatism, Colquhoun invented several magic-inspired techniques of her own, including graphomania, stillomania, and parsemage.

b) Used as part of the name of various surrealist techniques, e.g., a method in which dots are made at the sites of impurities in a blank sheet of paper, and lines are then made between the dots, see "".

My marker entopic graphomania The Illusion of Elegance, my gouache and sandpainting The Betrayed Lover and my gouache on rubber (with the mat decorated with pen and ink) The Cruise are going to be included in the The International Surrealist Show 2006 at Arts on Grand in Spencer, Iowa


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