In 1989, at the suggestion of his analyst, designer Larry Vigon began to record every dream he could remember. He wrote each into an 11 x 14-inch sketchbook, along with an acrylic painting inspired by the dream. The result, over time, is an astonishing body of work, represented by the selections in this beautiful full-size facsimile volume. After seeing advance materials for the book, a writer in G r a p h i s magazine said it “preserves the intimate presentation of the original warts-and-all artist’s notebook—with words scratched out in first-draft fashion, blobs of ink, traces of transferred paint throughout, all the glorious imperfections. Unmediated as it is, Vigon’s work functions like a form of meditation. At the same time the quality of the painting is that of finished art, so we experience the journal as a kind of heightened sketchbook of the unconscious.”

MARVIN SPIEGELMAN is a prominent Jungian analyst whose recommendation resulted in this book.

LARRY VIGON is a world-renowned graphic designer and co-founder of the design firm Vigon/Ellis. Beginning his career designing record albums for Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Chicago, Bonnie Raitt, and hundreds of others, Vigon has influenced virtually every form of print, broadcast, and interactive media with his design for such clients as IBM, Epson, Sony, DreamWorks, and The Los Angeles Opera. He lives in Los Angeles.

November 2005 $59.95 clothbound (Can. $84.00) ISBN 1-59372-018-1 11 x 14 inches 74 color illustrations 176 pages ART