Field Guide to Ambiguity Artist's Book by Hannah Burr
“Field Guide to Ambiguity is a book for learning to feel situated when you don’t know where you are. It’s a way to pause and orient when you are in life’s washing machine, without claiming to have your answers for you. It’s part journaling tool, part oracle and part artists' book, full of open-ended questions to help you relate freshly to what’s immediately around you.
Burr pairs the structure of a scientific field guide with dynamic reflection and artwork to explore our human relationship to uncertainty—from earth-shaking life events to the intimate, daily mystery of opening your eyes in the morning.
‘It’s a tender situation, this openness, and you’re it.’
‘In the end, you yourself are ambiguity’s only bearings. You are the orienting principle of any given situation.’
Burr’s books are like references to the unknown. They are a beautiful meld of visual art, poetry, prayer and science.” - Hannah Burr & Fifth Avenue Press
8” x 5” x 0.75”
*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.
“Field Guide to Ambiguity is a book for learning to feel situated when you don’t know where you are. It’s a way to pause and orient when you are in life’s washing machine, without claiming to have your answers for you. It’s part journaling tool, part oracle and part artists' book, full of open-ended questions to help you relate freshly to what’s immediately around you.
Burr pairs the structure of a scientific field guide with dynamic reflection and artwork to explore our human relationship to uncertainty—from earth-shaking life events to the intimate, daily mystery of opening your eyes in the morning.
‘It’s a tender situation, this openness, and you’re it.’
‘In the end, you yourself are ambiguity’s only bearings. You are the orienting principle of any given situation.’
Burr’s books are like references to the unknown. They are a beautiful meld of visual art, poetry, prayer and science.” - Hannah Burr & Fifth Avenue Press
8” x 5” x 0.75”
*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.
“Field Guide to Ambiguity is a book for learning to feel situated when you don’t know where you are. It’s a way to pause and orient when you are in life’s washing machine, without claiming to have your answers for you. It’s part journaling tool, part oracle and part artists' book, full of open-ended questions to help you relate freshly to what’s immediately around you.
Burr pairs the structure of a scientific field guide with dynamic reflection and artwork to explore our human relationship to uncertainty—from earth-shaking life events to the intimate, daily mystery of opening your eyes in the morning.
‘It’s a tender situation, this openness, and you’re it.’
‘In the end, you yourself are ambiguity’s only bearings. You are the orienting principle of any given situation.’
Burr’s books are like references to the unknown. They are a beautiful meld of visual art, poetry, prayer and science.” - Hannah Burr & Fifth Avenue Press
8” x 5” x 0.75”
*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.
Hannah Burr (she/her) lives in Ann Arbor Michigan. She is an exhibiting contemporary artist and the author of four books about new ways of seeing and being in the world. Hannah is a graduate of Brown University in Fine Art and Religious Studies. Hannah’s artwork has been on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Currier Museum New Hampshire, the Drawing Center New York, and both the Danforth and Rose Art Museums in greater Boston. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally through Artlink@Sotheby's. She has received grants from the Berkshire Taconic Foundation and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and is a former MacDowell Colony Resident.
Instagram: @HannahBurrStudio
