BEING BESIDES MYSELF
CAMELIA ELIAS
ESSAYS & PHOTOGRAPHY
JUNE 2020
ISBN 978-87-92633-54-5
HARDCOVER | 8.5 x 8.5 | B&W | Illustrated | 106 pp
BUY FROM AMAZON US | UK | BARNES & NOBLE AND OTHES
LIST PRICE $28
DESCRIPTION
This is a book of photographs and fragments. As a spell and as a talisman. In other words, a grimoire. Gelatin silver prints developed in the darkroom prompt reflections on sensuality and magic. It’s not only about what you hear, taste, smell, see, and touch. It’s about how you do it. But there’s no instruction. Who can teach others how to sense the world? The words and images in this book explore the dimension of eradicated time in the face of the sensual that’s fraught with anguish, unfulfilled desires, and a zest for life that only the immutable death can give us.
“I deeply enjoy this book.” – Elvira Stein, artist & graphic designer
Review
I read Being Besides Myself in one sitting. This book didn't let me go. It made me fall in love with myself from the first page. This is a wonderful work for all the fans of the Read Like the Devil teachings. Here I discovered a lyrical disclosure at the heart level of the secret source of where the Read like the Devil cartomancy courses and the related cartomancy books come from. I really liked the ‘structure’ of the book, which is more like the functions of a living being. This book is about optics. How you see, not what you see. A makes a very valuable distinction and clarification.
– Mike Samasen, Russia
