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The 48-Hour Luddite

In the October issue of Avenue, I have a short feature called “The 48-Hour Luddite.” To write the piece I kept notes in my own Field Notes notebook. The magazine hired Kelly Sutherland to do the illustrations for the story and coincidentally, he used a Field Notes book for the art as well. I thought it was so cool that I asked to keep it.

48-Hour Luddite

48-Hour Luddite

48-Hour Luddite

48-Hour Luddite

48-Hour Luddite

48-Hour Luddite


Possibly Related

★ Free Field Notes Coudal has a special on today (screencapped for when it’s no longer today) where they’ll send you a free three-pack of Field Notes notebooks with any purchase. I’d been meaning to pick up their Field-Tested Books book anyway. ...

★ 48-Hour Luddite I am the 48-hour luddite. ...


Sep. 24th 2009 10:27 AM # | Tagged blog post, art, avenue, field notes


One Comment

Luddites and Leaves says:

[...] story “The 48-Hour Luddite.” There’s a taste at Hellard’s blog Pop Loser, hopefully we can share the entire story when the magazine comes out next [...]

September 29th, 2009 at 10:58 am

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